Fine Gael Health Spokesperson, Dr Liam Twomey TD, has welcomed the views of Professor Des O’Neill, author of the report on deaths in Leas Cross, and said that the thrust of his recommendations were represented in Fine Gael policy. Dr Twomey added that Government had failed to protect elderly patients because of the absence of robust policy at its heart. “The horrors at Leas Cross happened, and could be happening in other nursing homes around the country, because of...
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Neville highlights World Mental Health Day saying Govt denying human rights of Irish patients
Fine Gael and Labour plan commits significant resources to community mental health teams, suicide prevention and child psychiatric services Ireland must respect the human rights of people with mental illness and provide the necessary resources to do so, according to Dan Neville TD, Fine Gael Deputy Spokesman on Health & Children and President of the Irish Association of Suicidology. Speaking in relation to World Mental Health Day today (Tuesday), Deputy Neville said that the current Government was continuing to...
What is new about Cullen’s bus pledge? – Mitchell
Well as bus drivers go on strike today (how am i going to get around I’ll have to walk!!:( ), FG have the following press release about Minister Cullen’s promises Fine Gael Transport Spokeswoman Olivia Mitchell TD has ridiculed Martin Cullen’s commitment to provide additional vehicles to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, describing it as the latest in a long line of hollow promises. “There is no new proposal here for new buses, either on the Cabinet table or...
Polish Gays To Sue Ruling Party Over Homophobic Slurs
by Doug IrelandAugust 24, 2006 Polish gays are fighting back against the notoriously homophobic Polish government: they are going to sue the ruling Law and Justice Party over two new incidents of homophobic propaganda. In one incident, Pawel Zyzak, editor in chief of a party magazine, Right Turn!, wrote that gays are “animals” and were “the emissaries of Satan sent to destroy the Catholic Church.” (Poland is the most Catholic country in Europe.) At the same time, in the...
Australian drug driving test should be brought to Ireland – FG
Drink driving is a pet peave of mine. I think it should be outlawed completely. But FG raise an interesting issue in their latest press release- Driving on Drugs. Senator Fergal Browne has called on Transport Minister Martin Cullen to introduce roadside drug testing technology which is already in use in Australia after a new survey showed that seven out of ten drivers in Ireland are driving under the influence of legal and illegal drugs. “The new survey from...
FG Launches 6 Step Plan for Safer Roads and Safer Driving
Full Audit of Road Surfaces, Overhaul Road Signage & Speed Limits, and Set up Accident Investigation Units in Each Garda Division Fine Gael has launched a six step plan to improve driving conditions and driving performance on Irish roads. The Party’s Road Safety Spokesman, Shane McEntee TD, said better roads and better driving conditions lead to fewer accidents and fewer deaths on our roads. That is why this first report by the Party on the issue of road safety...
Government Announces New Plan for Care of the Elderly
Via RTÉ Its about time they did this but I have huge reservations to this part of the Plan The plan provides for the State to recoup some of the cost of care from older people after their death, when their home is sold. What if it is left to a member of the family, I know they have to pay inheritance tax etc, but how can they put another tax on it, I suppose it will be another...
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