Limerick Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins has expressed concern about significant HSE budget cuts at two Limerick hospitals.  Limerick University Hospital has seen its budget slashed by €11m this year, while the budget for St. John’s Hospital has been cut by almost €2m.  Deputy Collins commented, “Minister Reilly has made a shambles of the health […]

Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin has encouraged voters to use this Friday’s elections to send a clear message to Government, rejecting their attacks on the sickest and most vulnerable in society and demanding a new, fairer approach. Speaking from Dublin West where he spent today canvassing with Dáil hopeful Cllr David McGuinness, Deputy Martin commented, […]

Fianna Fáil’s Seanad Spokesperson on Health Senator Marc Mac Sharry has said the Government’s cynical election stunt on medical cards provides little comfort to the thousands of people who have lost their medical cards and were ignored by Fine Gael and Labour. “The Government has spent the last two years flatly denying any cuts to […]

Fianna Fáil Finance Spokesperson Michael McGrath has criticised comments by the Finance Minister Noonan promising that the Government will address the medical cards issue ‘after the local elections’, describing them as a cynical effort to deflect attention from a policy he was centrally involved in devising. Yesterday the Minister for Finance claimed that ‘the approach […]

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has described as a ‘complete pretence’ the Government’s belated distress over its own covert cull to medical cards.“The Government has spent two years brazenly denying any cuts to medical cards.  We raised the issue with the Health Minister, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste constantly over that period.  Even […]

Fianna Fáil by-election candidate in Longford-Westmeath, Cllr Aengus O’Rourke says that two attempts in recent weeks by Fianna Fáil to find out exactly how many army personnel are based in Custume Barracks, Athlone have not been answered by the government.   In the second attempt, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who is acting as Minister for Defence, […]