SIPTU calls on government to avert closure of Waterford Area Partnership

by | Jan 14, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have called on the Government to intervene in order to save the Waterford Area Partnership (WAP) following the publication of a report earlier this week which suggested that the organisation was “not viable” due to governance and...

SIPTU concerned about delays for ambulances at emergency departments

by | Jan 12, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have expressed concern that issues of bed capacity and overcrowding in hospital emergency departments (EDs) will continue to affect the work of the National Ambulance Service. They have called on the HSE to immediately fast track the recruitment...

SIPTU says Minister for Health must act now to remove roadblocks to health service recruitment

by | Jan 8, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have today (Friday, 8th January) urged the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, to immediately intervene and remove any roadblocks to health service recruitment as part of an emergency effort to address the unsustainable...

SIPTU calls for childcare services to be strictly limited to essential frontline workers

by | Jan 8, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have today (Friday, 8th January) called on the Government to strictly limit childcare services to only the families of essential frontline workers and the most vulnerable children. Head of Strategic Organising, Darragh...

SIPTU representatives demand tight monitoring of all construction sites open during lockdown

by | Jan 7, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives in the construction sector are demanding that the Government guarantees that all construction sites which remain open during the current lockdown have all proper protections in place to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 among construction...

SIPTU calls for enhanced Covid-19 infection protections for Early Years educators

by | Jan 7, 2021 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2021

SIPTU representatives have today (Thursday, 7th January) written to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Affairs, Roderic O’Gorman, reiterating the demand of our members working as Early Years...