Saturday 31 July, 2021
It’s down to the wire for the Fine Gael deputy leader, at the National Show Centre. Counting’s back under way at 10am.
Mother and baby homes, including one group from a Protestant home, met with Minister James Reilly this month.
In briefing documents prepared for Leo Varadkar, the new health minister is told that “a more coherent approach” is needed.
The embattled Health Minister is expected to be moved out of his portfolio in the imminent Cabinet reshuffle.
The Taoiseach accused Micheal Martin of “never going near” difficult issues while he was Health Minister.
His name’s being linked with the role, as speculation continues ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle. But what does the Transport Minister think?
The Health Minister has been under pressure for much of his time in office but now looks set to be replaced.
James Reilly was in Waterford today, but not everyone was happy to see him.
There’s been widespread opposition in the area to the decision to close the hospital’s Emergency Department.
James Reilly raised concerns with Phil Hogan over the placing of electrical cables in his constituency.
From TheJournal.ie
A former CRC chairman claimed that “very top people” at the HSE attended a 2009 meeting at which which privately-funded payments for staff were agreed to.
Remuneration for some hospital chiefs has caused controversy in the last 24 hours.
However a ‘working group’ is being set up to look at the recommendation that drinks industry sponsorship of sporting events should be banned.
The Health Minister’s been tasked with overseeing a programme that will include €268 million in pay-related savings and €113 million from a ‘probity drive’ aimed at medical card holders.
Olivia Reilly and Noel Reilly died within 24 hours of each other in Lisnaskea on Sunday and Monday last.
In a historic moment, the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill has been introduced into the Dáil this morning.
The Health Minister says that he does not like the idea that the smokeless cigarettes are being promoted and sold on planes.
Liam Doran says he doesn’t pay attention to newspaper commentary suggesting he regularly threatens industrial action.
The INMO is to present the health minister with the findings of its trolley and ward watch initiatives, which show an increase in the amount of people on trolleys.
The Health Minister said that it the panel “was never going to be the case” and stressed that the heads of bill have not been finalised.
The Health Minister insisted that “no specific address was mentioned” in discussions with NAMA in April of this year regarding the controversial issue of locations for primary care centres.
Meanwhile, Jobs Minister Richard Bruton has described Reilly as a “reforming minister” and said he is satisfied with Reilly’s explanation about the criteria used for the primary care locations.
“The information was given was from Minister Reilly’s personal office and it clearly was wrong,” Ruairí Quinn told RTÉ radio this morning.
The Health Minister faced more questions about the selection of two sites in his constituency for proposed primary care centres in the Dáil this afternoon
The Health Minister gave a strong defence of his conduct in relation to the selection of sites for primary care centres, two of which are in his constituency.
The Minister has come in for considerable criticism and scrutiny in recent days but why is he under pressure and what’s likely to happen in the coming weeks and months?
The Health Minister James Reilly wants to increase the price of 20 cigarettes by around €6 in the next six years. What do you think?
BREAKING via The Mire wire: Reilly for Finance Minister? Too warm a welcome for RTÉ’s new MD of news?
The Health Minister told the chamber that the current difficulties stem from ‘complex’ litigation.
The full video of James Reilly’s statement to the Dáil following revelations about his appearance on a debt defaulters list in Stubbs Gazette.
Watch live coverage from the Dáil chamber of the Health Minister’s personal statement following news that he appears on a debt defaulters list in this month’s Stubbs Gazette.
The Health Minister is to give a personal statement this evening following revelations that his name has appeared on a debt defaulters list in relation to a nursing home purchase.
The Health Minister’s name has appeared in the magazine published today, causing much controversy as a result.
Enda Kenny was responding to revelations that James Reilly’s name is to be published in the debt monitoring magazine, Stubbs Gazette, this week.
