Only someone completely out of touch with reality could declare, as Simon Harris did, that cutting payments to people with disabilities is about equity. Yet that’s exactly what Minister Harris said when he axed the training grant those who attend rehabilitative training (RT). His clinching argument was that not everyone with disabilities received the payment […]
Yesterday, a survey by the Sunday Independent revealed that GPs services are in crisis, with 44% of practices surveyed unable to take on any new patients. The Irish College of General Practitioners was quoted as saying a “perfect storm was brewing”. Spokesman Dr Liam Twomey, a GP in Wexford, said: “We are entering the perfect […]
A construction company, Western Building Systems, that built 42 schools with structural defects for the state has been given a contract by the HSE worth €14m to build an extension to University Hospital Limerick. Western Building Systems is being pursued in fifteen separate legal actions by the Department of Education, after structural defects were discovered […]
Four million euros. That’s a lot of money to spend on advice, isn’t it? You’d think with four million euros worth of expert advice, the health service would be humming along nicely, but apparently not even that amount of consultant assistance can help the hapless Minister get it right. Anyway, the good news is that […]
Well done, Minister Harris. The public have been crying out, after all, for free condoms in third level colleges, and finally, he has delivered. Never say he’s not stuck into his briefs. You can sleep easy in your bed this autumn, safe in the knowledge that your beloved first born is well-equipped for the sexual […]
WATCH: Simon Harris is HALTING money for safety measures in maternity hospitals – in order to pay for abortions. This is almost beyond belief. So much for keeping women safe – their end goal was always just abortion.
BURNING money. Simon Harris is spending €7 BILLION more on Health – but the number of people on trollies is GROWING. €10 Billion on Health in 2010 – €17 Billion now, but the crisis is getting worse. Is it time to #SackSimon?