Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith says a serious GP crisis is coming down the tracks unless urgent action is taken to recruit more doctors in rural areas. Some towns across the constituency have reached full capacity with GP practices unable to take on new patients as they don’t have the resources to cope […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Niamh Smyth says cancer patients are struggling to pay for expensive treatments and medication without any help from the State. Deputy Smyth has called for more flexibility in the discretionary medical card scheme to cover the cost for patients who may be paying hundreds of euro a week to access essential […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Sligo-Leitrim Eamon Scanlon has warned the government not to delay the roll out of GP visit cards to carers. Legislation to provide carers with GP visit cards passed all stages in the Dáil and Seanad earlier this week. Deputy Scanlon commented, “I am pleased that this legislation has now been passed […]
In an initial response to the publication of the report of the Task Force on Personalised Budgets, Fianna Fáil’s Disability Spokesperson, Margaret Murphy O’Mahony said, “I welcome the publication of this long awaited report. It is very comprehensive and I compliment the Task Force for their work. Deputy Murphy O’Mahony added, “It is very welcome […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has highlighted the fact that Roscommon patients are now being forced to travel to Galway for basic eye field tests as the HSE has not replaced lenses for a specific machine at the Roscommon HSE eye clinic. Deputy Murphy tabled a parliamentary question with the Minister for Health […]
Figures provided to Fianna Fáil Health spokesperson Stephen Donnelly this week reveal that 7,164 people over the age of 75 were forced wait more than 24 hours in Emergency Departments across the country. The figures cover the period between January and May this year. “The first five months of this year saw some of the […]
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