Waterford constituency profile: Fine Gael will be gunning to retake a seat here
Election 2024: Sinn Féin has chance at second seat in home of one of its highest vote-getters David Cullinane
Election 2024: Sinn Féin has chance at second seat in home of one of its highest vote-getters David Cullinane
David Cullinane’s health policy runs to 120 pages with big reform promises and a proposed €4.4 billion increase in budget
Election 2024: Sinn Féin to launch new healthcare policy as it fights to regain momentum
Motion says that House will takes note of document which made 38 recommendations as some TDs oppose legislation
Consultancy firm Ernst and Young was paid a total of €33.5m by health service in 2023 for orders over €100,000
Minister says legislation is ‘end-game measure, signalling beginning of the end of tobacco in our country’
The party soared on opposition to Government policy on housing but it faces a huge challenge in its positioning on immigration
Dublin hospital is ‘failing to meet the specific needs’ of newborns requiring intensive care, doctors say
David Cullinane agrees with Garda Commissioner that draping of flag on McAuley’s coffin was ‘outrageous’
HSE acknowledged ‘significant unmet need’, with Sinn Féin calling for ‘massive’ funding increase
Minister for Health tells medicines industry conference he has sanctioned 34 new hires to speed up vetting process for new treatments
Irish approvals process delays mean public patients forced to wait for new therapies already available to private patients
Retrospective recognition the most significant part of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill, says Donnelly
The Minister for Media will also appear before the Oireachtas Media Committee on Tuesday
Minister for Health also suggested ‘supplementary budget’ could be needed by the health service this year
Gongs go to Timmy Dooley, Mary Robinson, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Louise O’Reilly, Thomas Pringle, Michael Collins, Mary Lou McDonald and Helen McEntee, but will they be thrilled?
State’s main opposition party - consistently topping opinion polls - is tinkering with its stances on tax and foreign policy as it seeks to present itself as a party of Government
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says it would not be appropriate for him to be involved in regulating Garda operational matters
Robert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Health, says productivity gains are needed in health service
Tensions have bubbled up inside - and outside - Government and among senior civil servants in the fallout from a new budget that did not budget for massive health spending overruns
HSE chief said last week the health allocation was ‘not adequate for all current costs’
Budget allocation will have ‘catastrophic implications’ for patients and those who work on the front line of health service, says Sinn Féin
A ‘man about the parish’ or ‘extremely active’ - party members weigh up the part currently played by the former politician
An ‘Irish NHS’ is an oft-repeated pledge from Sinn Féin. But is it a threat or a promise?
David Cullinane says it is ‘infuriating’ for waiting families that capacity has now been reduced due to crisis
Minister says children were failed at the hospital and it should never happen again
Operational change on way after Ombudsman for Children highlights teenager’s five-year wait for surgery
Children’s Health Ireland apologises to children and their families as new figures show waiting lists approaching five-year high
Unelected people are prominent and important in the leadership and decision-making processes of Sinn Féin
Government figures remain tight-lipped as board mulls over new programme of work for national children’s hospital
Documents also reveal that more than 300 doors in the hospital may have to be replaced or demolished
Minister for Health accuses Sinn Féin of ‘playing politics’, saying providing estimated cost could open State to further claims
Over one-fifth of all posts had no permanent incumbent last month, a significant increase on 2021
Board members warned that this figure could change as the year goes on
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