Fine Gael's deputy leader James Reilly has said Independent TD John Halligan should consider making "alternative arrangements for himself".

Former health ministers James Reilly and Leo Varadkar may face a public grilling before the end of this month over how much was known about the Console financial crisis while they were in office.

Former Minister James Reilly has been re-appointed as the deputy leader of Fine Gael.

Four ousted Fine Gael TDs —including ex minister James Reilly — are battling to become the party’s next Seanad leader, despite a number previously calling for the upper house to be scrapped.

James Reilly, the former children’s minister, is tipped to be among the Taoiseach’s nominees to the Seanad.

The acting Minister for Children has said Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil can work to form a Government - as long as they get a written agreement.

Children's Minister James Reilly has been facing tough questions from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva.

Children’s Minister James Reilly says enough places will be available in extending to a two-year period the free pre-school scheme amid warnings creches and service providers lack resources.

Children's Minister James Reilly has said he is confident there will be enough pre-school places provided next year and in 2017.

Fine Gael deputy leader James Reilly feared he would be sacked after taking on the Taoiseach over the issue of abortion.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said his deputy leader Dr James Reilly is entitled to his own “personal views” in relation to changing Ireland’s abortion laws.

There are renewed calls for politicians and political parties to declare their policies on abortion ahead of the General Election.

A new report, which was discussed by Ministers today, has called for paid parental leave to be extended to one year.

Minister for Children James Reilly has settled a defamation case against the Irish Mail on Sunday for an undisclosed amount.

Children’s Minister James Reilly yesterday defended a decision by the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, to pay a company over €120,000 to review the organisation six months after it was established.

Minister Lucinda Creighton’s new political party RENUA, has attacked Minister James Reilly’s proposed total ban on child corporal punishment.

A Minister has claimed that landlords “may not have got a full understanding” of controversial government proposals to address arrears in water charges payments.

The Children's Minister Dr James Reilly has said the Family and Relationships Bill does not affect the Marriage Equality Referendum.

Potential plans to allow mothers double the amount of paid leave they receive after having a baby, and to receive extra weeks off if they split the time at home with their partner, will only improve child services if they are backed up by a series of other wide-ranging reforms.

There were more than 200 significant or critical incidents involving young people in the Oberstown youth detention facility in a period of less than three years, according to figures released by the Department of Children.

The high cost of childcare in Ireland is under the spotlight today, as figures from the OECD put our childcare costs as highest in the EU.

An inter-departmental group that is looking at the childcare sector will report back to James Reilly, the children’s minister, by the summer.

Health Minister James Reilly is under pressure to make an emergency Dáil statement on the sudden resignation of the chairman of the West North-West Hospital Board.

Reading Alison O’Connor’s column (Opinion, June 6) prompts me to write in praise of, and agreement with, her excellent article on the Minister of Health, Dr James Reilly and for her fair and impartial assessment of him and his ministry.

Moves to ban "seductive" cigarette packaging and replace it with gruesome warnings mark a "bad day for big tobacco", Health Minister James Reilly has insisted.

James Reilly, the health minister, has blamed the medical card debacle on his colleagues saying there has been "no political will" or support on the issue at Cabinet.

The report provides a succinct summation of much that has gone wrong with James Reilly’s tenure in office, writes Niall Hunter.

Hospitals are being blamed for almost three-quarters of the HSE’s budget over-spend in the health authority’s performance report.

Forget being wary of Greeks bearing gifts. They’re amateurs when compared to politicians bearing medical cards on the eve of an election, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

An eight-year-old boy with Down Syndrome who lost his medical card last year has pleaded directly to the health minister to give it back during a face to face encounter.

Health Minister James Reilly has admitted the Coalition is inflicting "tremendous distress" on people through widespread medical card reviews, as the issue threatens to damage government party support in Friday’s elections.

The Government’s final austerity budget is facing a major crisis halfway after Health Minister James Reilly said his department cannot achieve a fifth of its planned savings.

Health Minister James Reilly, on a breakneck trip to the South-West for a number of pre-election duties yesterday, denied he was being "held back" by Fine Gael strategists because of a perceived lack of popularity.

Ongoing payments and access to services could replace lump-sum legal payouts for children who suffer as a result of medical misadventure at birth, under plans being considered by Health Minister James Reilly.

Health Minister James Reilly has insisted he has no intention of quitting his job.

James Reilly does not rate highly with many people as health minister, but who would want his job, asks Catherine Shanahan.

A third-tier medical card mooted by Health Minister James Reilly must be paid for out of his department’s current budget, according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has delivered a stinging public rebuke to Health Minister James Reilly by insisting that she will not tolerate any more cuts to welfare spending to bail out the Department of Health.

The Health Minister James Reilly has reportedly warned GPs that government — not doctors — sets policy. This statement was followed up with the Cabinet approval of free GP care for the under-6s.

Health Minister James Reilly has agreed to fasttrack legislation to ban people smoking in cars carrying children after the Seanad passed the statute some two years after the initiative began.

The Cabinet-signalled free GP care for children under six will be pushed through by July, despite the medical profession insisting the initiative is unworkable.

Health Minister James Reilly has said publicly paid consultants working in St Vincent's private hospital in Dublin "have a bit of work to do to become compliant" with their HSE contracts.

Half of people with Down syndrome have either had their medical cards scrapped or are in danger of losing them due to cutbacks.