Minister for Health calls for talks in NMBI fee dispute

by | Jan 19, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

Unions have welcomed a call from the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) to enter into talks aimed at resolving a dispute arising from the Board’s attempt to increase its fee by 50%. Unions have...

SIPTU calls for increase in Home Help services at Dáil hospital crisis protest

by | Jan 14, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, told over 100 health workers protesting outside Leinster House this afternoon (Wednesday, 14th January) that an immediate increase in Home Help services is critical to solving the overcrowding crisis in our...

SIPTU calls for immediate release of HSE ambulance capacity review

by | Jan 13, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU has called on the HSE to immediately release a capacity review of the National Ambulance Service that was commissioned last year following concerns raised by workers that the service is inadequately resourced. SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul...

Bord Na Móna workers seek pay rise and an end to attacks on terms of employment

by | Jan 12, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

Members of the Bord na Móna Group of Unions have called on the company to implement a proposed pay rise of 3.5% and end its attacks on their terms and conditions of employment at general meetings of workers in Tullamore, county Offaly, on the...

SIPTU calls for increased funding for Home Care service to help ease hospitals crisis

by | Jan 11, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

SIPTU has called on the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, to immediately increase funding to HSE Home Care services in order to tackle the issue of delayed discharge and overcrowding of patients across the public hospital network. SIPTU Health Division...

SIPTU members debate need for an independent assessment of equality at NUI Galway

by | Jan 8, 2015 | Archives, PressArchive, PressArchive2015

An emergency meeting of the SIPTU academic section at NUI Galway will take place today (Thursday, 8th January) at 1.00 p.m. to debate a motion proposing an external equality audit by independent experts of all aspects of the university. The motion calls for the...