How could there be a conflict of interest, he has involvement in a private nursing home while as Minister is closing public nursing home beds. No conflict whatsoever.

Does he stand to gain from being a part owner of the nursing home? IF YES then that is a clear conflict of interest and no amount of waffle will change that fact.

So he is still listed as a defaulter in Stubbs.Still an investor in a private nursing home,while minister with responsibility for closing public nursing home beds.So I’m curious whats changed since this story broke?

Ah Mark the new FG Rottweiler attacking posters who criticise FG! Himself and big Phil are only in the cabinet as they backed Enda during the heave against him! Waste of space hope he gets a rough ride tomorrow like they attacked Wallace!

No Labour TD’s present….. And as for Reilly he is making Harney look like a competent minister for health…

in it for the good of the nation not for money. pay your debts out of your over inflated salary and your tax free loop hole thats your luxurious home. same circus ,different clowns

The funniest part of that speech ( if there is one) is Noonan’s face!!! It says it all…..

Do the right thing Minister!

That I may be struck de……just take my word ok.

O Reilly needs to man up and walk the plank , the plank

Take the health portfolio of him just to be sure.
(Not that’s he’s doing a good job with it anyway)

I actually believe him , to bf .

Still though , it’s not enough , it makes a complete mockery of government and state that a minister appear in a debtors list , whatever the mitigating circumstances may be . In any proper democracy , he would have tendered his resignation .

FF head on VinB calling him a disgrace. People in glasshouses and all that?

That’s grand,thanks for clearing that up….we going to the bar now then?..you must be gasping at this hour.

Why cant they just tell the truth? he says he cares for the elderly! we desperately need a hospice in Kerry. I witnessed something in the aghadoe ward in the KGH, something i would never want any family to go through. We need an in patient hospice in kerry. The nurses in aghadoe are not trained to meet the needs of end of life patients and as i witnessed the nurses added to the stress of my Mothers needs. This was confirmed when i brought the nurses care to the attention of the top palliative care Doctor, and do you know what, I dont mind mentioning her name Dr sheehan, she was horrified at my complaint and agreed that this is why we need specialist nurses in an end of life hospice..so lets keep fighting for this hospice..I never thought cancer would come to my door, but it did, and i will never get over the impact it has had on me, i was ignorant to it, it wouldnt happen to us…but the reality is it can happen to any of us at any time, and believe me you wouldnt want your loved one ending their days in a public ward surrounded by noise laughter and the clatter of equipment… guess what i am trying to say is that we have to lobby for better care in our own hospital!! share this with your Kerry friends, like i said you never know when it comes to your door x

James Reilly tells Dail: I have acted with complete propriety at all times

Didn’t get a chance to watch it, were the Opposition allowed to question him?

Is this government just one big conflict of interest ridden joke? On top of this, we have a finance minister selling his personal German bonds in 2011, a secret bond holder himself, paying himself back his personal gambling losses indirectly from the public purse, along with his billionaire mates?

Our minister for Justice endorses the cold blooded murder of European citizens in international waters by Israeli death squad pirates in contradiction to international law? This government are a law onto themselves, above the law they seem to think, and who know, we will see if they are right and keep out of prison yet?

Just cos James says it, doesn’t mean its true…..find it all a bit strange really!

He failed to carry out his financial interests in the business and tried to get out.
Maybe not enough profit for him. His interest in old people is what he can make out of them.
He is no different to the rest of the gangsters in the dail.Step down and be a man.
The public do not believe your statement.

What did Minister James Reilly think would happen after he failed to comply with the High Court order?

”his interest is the well-being of over-people” What does this mean ? Over people ?

He will draw a line in the sand on this!

How is it that no minister or no Government has been able to sort the problems in our health service. It has to be one of the most astounding failures in modern times that 5 ministers later we’re still trying to build a proper health service. Is it possible that what we have is the best we can hope for? Too many people have it too good the way it is at the moment except the patients and the front line staff. Id love to lock the lot of them in a room until they sort it out. The only change we can realistically hope for at the moment is in the weather. As for the government, we just changed the guard and nothing has changed.

All politicians are corrupt. Discuss!

Because my Mother passed away, it seems the hospital are no longer accountable for this delay…THE family of a woman told that she has lung cancer has criticised the delay in reporting the finding of a chest X-ray two years ago which they believe would have given her better chances of survival.

The 72-year-old woman was diagnosed with cancer in both lungs at Kerry General Hospital (KGH) on Monday.

She was one of three patients who had been recalled for care following a radiological review at the hospital, the Irish Independent has learned.

The woman, from Lixnaw in Co Kerry — who does not wish to be named because some of her relatives are not aware of her condition — had her chest X-rayed at KGH in November 2009 after she was admitted with suspected pancreatitis.

Investigations revealed she had a stone near the liver duct, which was removed at Cork University Hospital (CUH) in March 2010.

During post-surgery treatment in KGH in June 2010 she was told there appeared to be “a question mark” over the November 2009 X-ray.

She was then sent for another X-ray, which revealed she had a tumour in her lung.

In October 2010, she underwent surgery to remove the tumour. In a follow-up appointment this week, she was told she had developed cancer in both lungs.

“We were told the reason the first X-ray went unreported was because there was no admitting consultant’s name on her file but that’s just not good enough,” her daughter told the Irish Independent.

In a letter to the woman’s daughter dated March 9, 2011, general manager of KGH, PJ Hartnett, accepted there had been an “unacceptable delay” in reporting on the chest X-ray taken on November 30, 2009, and he apologised sincerely for this.

In a statement, the HSE confirmed some patients were recalled for the purposes of a follow-up following clinical review.

- Majella O’Sullivan

God help the poor man – sure the previous ministers set a very high level of ethics. You would be foolish to think he could maintain the standards handed down from a long list of ministers in the past. To expect him to resign is so silly as 1.2 million is a fraction of the BILLIONS the previous gang had vested interests in.

All the clowns in the pub where I work think he is in the brown stuff. Jasus I was busy tonight. Resession my backside..

Has anybody bothered to read this story? He says he is involved in a court action involving 13 other investors, and has been trying to get out of the arrangement for some time.

No one on here knows all the facts, so I for one will give benefit of the doubt until all the facts cone out.

Isn’t it a refreshing change that someone in the Dail who is in the middle of a controversy just comes out, explains what happened with references and does his best to clear up the allegations? Unlike other TDs who blow all their fuses at once, blame the media and the government, and tells the tax payer that they can do what they want, when they want and tough cookies.

Now, on the basis of that statement alone, its clear that he is trying to dispose, and has been for sometime, his part ownership (9%, massive eh?) in a private nursing home to get rid of 90% of the doubters. He even handed it over to someone else to take responsibility, informed the Register of Interests since the beginning and worked closely with SPO to ensure everything was done above board. It wasn’t his own fault that the debt was outstanding. Its not his own fault he cant sell the stake.

So unless someone can come out and point out inconsistencies in his story, or provide evidence that part or all of what he said was incorrect then I think this storm is best summed as a storm in a teacup. Embarrassing no doubt, but in the context and in the bigger picture the drama lamas will have to soon find another distraction to avoid their party or TD being the focus of negative attention that no statement or clarification will clear the matter up with an “Ah, that makes sense. Panic over!”.

Id say Joe Higgins & Co, plus Sinn Fein are absolutely delighted and grinning from ear to ear that the heat is now on the government. They can continue to milk the state and know that thanks to James Reilly, nobody will remember anything about their “justifiable” misuse of expenses and the “manufactured controversy”.