August 6th2010
Ciaran Lynch
ACCORDING to information released to the Labour Party in recent days, just 12 per cent of applications to the HSE for the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Grant have been processed to date in the HSE South Area. This area covers Counties Cork and Kerry according to Ciarán Lynch TD.
“To date some 18,000 applications have been received by the HSE but only 2,100 have been processed. This leaves almost 16,000 applications outstanding. The failure of the HSE to process these applications will put already hard-pressed families to the pin of their collar. It would suggest that many thousands of families, who badly need this additional support, will simply not have it when they need it most.
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June 18th2010
John Buttimer
COUNCILLOR John Buttimer, Fine Gael representative on the HSE Regional Health Forum stated that many questions remained to be answered regarding the influence that a private cabal has had on the development of formal policy on the reconfiguration of acute medical services in the Cork City and County region.
Cllr Buttimer was speaking at the debate on his motion at the HSE South Regional health Forum on Thursday, June 17th, which called for a full explanation of the secret cabal “non-executive reconfiguration advisory committee” and a call that full minutes, agenda and influence on the development of policy would be published.
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June 8th2010
SOCIALIST Party councillor and HSE South Forum member Cllr Mick Barry this morning called for a halt to the HSE’s reconfiguration plans for Cork and Kerry and an end to the public sector recruitment embargo following news that CUH has been ranked at the very bottom of the HSE’s hospital performance league table.
The HSE’s HealthStat survey for March ranked CUH 24th out of 24 hospitals in the state, the only hospital with a red grading in the three colour (green, amber, red) grading system.
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May 27th2010
Kathleen Lynch
THE HSE must come clean on the number of deaths of children in its care according to Cork Labour TD Kathleen Lynch.
“Just last week the Water Safety Authority told us that 46 children have drowned in the last ten years.
“The Road Safety Authority is in a position to give us a detailed breakdown, not just by county, but by stretch of road, on child road deaths since 1996.
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April 28th2010
Michael McCarthy
LABOUR Party Senator for Cork South-West, Michael McCarthy, has called on the HSE to resolve the ongoing work to rule dispute that has closed the Community Welfare Office in Kinsale.
Senator McCarthy said, “The current situation, where people suffering financial hardship due to the economic crisis are now being subjected to further distress because of the Government and the HSE’s failure to resolve this dispute, cannot be allowed to continue.
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