New figures released to Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Stephen Donnelly reveal  HSE spending on agency nurses increased by almost 20% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same timeframe in 2017. Responding to the figures, Deputy Donnelly said, “Expenditure on agency nurses amounted to more than €56 million up to the […]

Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Stephen Donnelly has called on Minister Simon Harris to investigate how “wholly unsuitable” doctors have been hired in Irish hospitals.  He made the call after the President of the High Court Mr Justice Peter Kelly’s raised issues with the calibre of some doctors employed by the HSE. Deputy Donnelly explained, “Mr. […]

“The revelations in last night’s RTÉ Investigates programme were distressing and downright disgusting in some cases,” said Fianna Fáil’s Health Spokesperson, Stephen Donnelly. “There is an urgent need to ensure that the HSE plays fair by the families of patients in long term residential care. “To see people being wronged for asserting themselves on behalf […]

Fianna Fáil’s Health Spokesperson, Stephen Donnelly TD has said that it is a scandal that 9,864 people aged 75 or older were left lying on trolleys in Emergency Departments for longer than 24 hours in the first eight months of 2018. “These latest figures represent a serious indictment of Fine Gael’s management of the public […]

Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Stephen Donnelly has described as disgraceful new figures which show that 7,572 children are waiting over two years waiting for an orthodontic appointment.  New figures released to the Wicklow TD shows that there are 18,135 children in total on the waiting list. The figures were collated at the end of June this […]