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Health services information and articles by public representative Sean Canney TD located in Tuam, for Galway East constituency in the West of Ireland
Health services information and articles by public representative Sean Canney TD located in Tuam, for Galway East constituency in the West of Ireland
I have co-signed the Commission of Investigation (Nursing Homes) Bill 2022 along with Catherine Connolly TD and Peadar Tobin TD. The purpose of this Bill is to provide for a public inquiry into the management, [...]
I believe that the Home Help Service is in tatters due to staff shortages. “The service which is being administered by the HSE is in crisis with a lack of Home Care workers. This is [...]
I have received confirmation from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth that the Foster Care allowance has not been increased since January 2009. It is unfair that no increase has been given [...]
I have received a response from the Minister for Health that demonstrates that his department are still posturing on the commitment to pay a covid bonus of €1,000 to healthcare workers. “In my view the [...]
I am critical of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement which was put in place to deliver the Primary Care Centres. The contract was initiated by the Department of Health to deliver the National Primary [...]
I have received a reply from the HSE in relation to orthodontic treatment waiting time. “Presently there are 1031 patients awaiting times in the Saolta Group serving Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, 645 of these patients [...]
I have received confirmation that a building contractor has been selected to carry out the construction of the long awaited 50 bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe. “I understand that a Letter of Intent [...]
I have expressed concern at the €830 million underspend of capital funding in 2021 in vital infrastructure. Some of this underspend has been carried over to 2022 with over €580 million underspent and returned to [...]
I have called on the HSE to get on with the installation of the X-ray facility at the Tuam Primary Medical Centre as a matter of urgency. “In November 2017 I secured €700,000 for the [...]
I along with the Independent members of the Regional Group are calling on government to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Health Committee report from April this year addressing Vitamin D deficiency as a public [...]