Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo Dara Calleary has expressed his outrage after it emerged that children with disabilities are facing major delays in their speech and language therapy because of a shortage of therapists. The HSE has written to parents informing them that 50% of speech and language therapists working in disability services are on […]
Local Fianna Fáil TD, John Curran has said that the reluctance to recruit much needed Occupational Therapists is leaving children in Dublin West on waiting lists for critical therapy. Earlier this year, figures obtained by the Deputy revealed that over 1,000 people in the Dublin HSE West area are waiting for a first assessment for […]
Kerry Fianna Fáil TD, John Brassil has said Minister for Health, Simon Harris must intervene and ensure that the commitment made earlier this year that all 2016 and 2017 nursing graduates would be offered permanent contracts by the HSE. Deputy Brassil was commenting after being contacted by a number of mental health nursing graduates from […]
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, Billy Kelleher has said that the revelation in today’s news that the Department of Health does not have the resources needed to complete a number of key infrastructure projects is proof positive that this Government cares more about announcements than delivery. “Major infrastructure projects such as the National Maternity Hospital […]
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Public Expenditure & Reform Dara Calleary says the review of the Capital Plan 2016-2021 published earlier today is nothing more than the same old Fine Gael rhetoric. “Fine Gael would like us all to believe that they are the saviours of capital investment in Ireland. Nothing could be further from the […]
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Niamh Smyth has called on the Health Minister and the HSE to show more compassion in the allocation of home help hours. Despite the fact that home help hours across the two counties have increased over the last number of years, they’re still well down on the 2010 figures. In […]
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