Supporters of Mater site say hospital can be built fasterTHE NEW national children’s hospital can be built faster and cheaper on the site of the Mater hospital in Dublin than in any …Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Mater group submits revised planSupporters of developing the national children’s hospital on the Mater site in Dublin said today it can be built there more quickly…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Varadkar offers land to facilitate hospital bidMINSTER FOR Sport Leo Varadkar is offering to provide land at the sports campus at Abbotstown in west Dublin to facilitate a …Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Sick leave proposals rejected by unionsPUBLIC SERVICE trade unions have rejected proposals by the Government to effectively reduce by half existing sick leave arrangements…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Howlin says most Civil Service retirees get modest pensionsOIREACHTAS SUB-COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: MINISTER FOR Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has said it is a myth…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Public sector faces sick leave cutsThe Government is proposing significant cuts in sick leave arrangements for staff in the public service at a meeting with trade…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
Serious pressure on frontline staff, say civil servantsCPSU CONFERENCE: THE GOVERNMENT has approved large numbers of promotions to senior management positions in the Civil Service…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Government seeks pay curb for managers of commercial State firmsTHE GOVERNMENT wants commercial State companies to clamp down on pay levels and bonuses paid to senior managers who are just …Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Archbishop favours St James's as hospital siteTHE BOARD of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin has given its full support for the development of the national children…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Union criticises plan to pay public servants monthlyTHE UNION representing lower paid civil servants has criticised plans by the Government to pay staff on a monthly basis from …Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Major cuts to public sector sick leave planTHE GOVERNMENT is next week to propose major cuts to existing sick leave arrangements in the public service.Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Government is told to tell troika 'where to get off'LOWER-PAID staff in the Civil Service who are members of the CPSU have given enough under the Croke Park agreement and will give…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
CPSU criticises senior promotionsThe Government has approved large numbers of promotions to senior management positions in the Civil Service over recent weeks…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Unions to decide own stance on European fiscal treatySOME OF the country’s largest public service unions will consider their positions on the fiscal treaty over the coming days following…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
Howlin in warning over allowancesSome of the 800 allowances currently paid to public servants, costing the State €1Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
€1.5bn in public sector allowances will not be protectedSOME OF the 800 allowances currently paid to public servants, costing the State €1Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
Third union calls on members to vote NoTHE TECHNICAL Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) has become the third union to urge its members to reject the referendum…Tue Apr 24 2012 - 01:00
Call for rethink on monthly payTHE TRADE union representing middle-grade civil servants has called on the Government to reconsider plans to pay staff on a monthly…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Allowances to public services may be cut backTHE GOVERNMENT has for the first time indicated that some public service staff could lose allowances on foot of a review.Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Croke Park deal poses challenges, says unionA BALLOT for industrial action would be virtually certain if the Government sought to introduce further pay cuts for public service…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Public sector 'may lose allowances'Some staff in the public service could lose allowances they are currently receiving on foot of a review that is currently under…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
VHI claims €7m savings madeThe country’s largest health insurer has said it saved nearly €7 million last year as a result of investigations into incorrect…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Howlin defends ministers' paymentsMinister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has defended the payment of an additional €17,000 allowance for ministers…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Reilly seeks new talks on negotiations for GP feesMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly has proposed new talks between Government departments, the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) …Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Irish medical staff 'not among best paid'PAY LEVELS for medical specialists are not the most generous in Europe contrary to some suggestions, the new president of the…Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Chronic illnesses to transfer to primary care levelTHE MANAGEMENT of chronic illness is to be transferred from hospitals to primary care under an initiative announced by Minister…Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Wider role for primary care plannedThe management of chronic illness is to be transferred from hospitals to the primary care, under a new initiative announced by…Sun Apr 15 2012 - 01:00
Children to be weighed at schoolPLANS ARE under way to weigh children when they start school at age four or five to see whether they are overweight, the annual…Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Doctors will 'not allow' free care without extra supportIRISH MEDICAL ORGANISATION CONFERENCE: THE IRISH Medical Organisation has warned that GPs will not agree to the Government’s…Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Little sign of Government's health service reform, says doctors' unionTHERE HAS been little sign of the Government’s promised radical reforms of the health service over the last year, the outgoing…Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
IMO critical of Reilly's effortsThe Irish Medical Organisation has strongly criticised the "chaos and mismanagement" of the health service over the last year…Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Doctors want patients transferred to wards as emergency units reach limitDOCTORS HAVE called for new arrangements to be introduced that would allow management in hospitals automatically move additional…Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Coalition urged not to ban bonus schemesTHE DEPARTMENT of Transport has urged the Government not to ban performance-related bonus schemes for top managers in commercial…Thu Apr 12 2012 - 01:00
'No sign' of health service reformsThere has been little sign of the Government's promised radical reforms of the health service over the last year, the outgoing…Thu Apr 12 2012 - 01:00
Savings on cancer drugs through protocols 'unrealistic', says head of national programmeTHE HEAD of the national cancer control programme has said she has no expectation that new protocols governing the use of oncology…Wed Apr 11 2012 - 01:00
All State hospitals failed HSE admittance targetsNONE OF the State’s hospitals reached the HSE’s official target of having 95 per cent of patients who attend emergency departments…Tue Apr 10 2012 - 01:00
Prone tells Reilly's office to toughen up on tardy staffPUBLIC RELATIONS consultant Terry Prone advised the private office of Minister for Health James Reilly that the department would…Tue Apr 10 2012 - 01:00
HSE reducing hospital budgets in line with policy to charge all patientsTHE HEALTH Service Executive has begun reducing the budgets of public hospitals in anticipation that they will receive millions…Mon Apr 09 2012 - 01:00
More power for social welfare inspectorsSOCIAL WELFARE inspectors are to be given powers to work at ports and airports to combat welfare fraud and abuse.Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Bruton in dispute resolution overhaulMinister for Enterprise and Jobs Richard Bruton has said that new reforms to the current dispute resolution system could generate…Thu Apr 05 2012 - 01:00
Minister says report delay down to data inaccuraciesHospitals raise concerns over report on mortality rates after heart attacksTue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Shortall concerned at consultants who break pay ceilingMINISTER OF State for Health Róisín Shortall has said she is concerned at the number of hospital consultants who are receiving…Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Two Galway hospitals fined over waiting listsTWO GALWAY hospitals have been fined a total of €1Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Inquiry as six patients die within fortnightAN INVESTIGATION was under way last night at a nursing home in Co Donegal where six patients have died over the past fortnight…Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Checking up on hospital payoutsThe disparities between what hospital staff are actually paid and payment ceilings are causing controversy and confusionTue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
VHI paid 30 consultants €500,000About 30 hospital consultants received more than €500,000 from the VHI last year last year.Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
Decline in numbers on waiting listsThe number of people waiting longer than 12 months for hospital procedures – the Government’s maximum waiting time – increased…Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
HSE €53m over-budget by end of FebruaryTHE HEALTH service already faces significant financial pressure with net overspending of more than €53 million recorded by the…Sat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
GP row threatens €11m care centre openingAN €11 MILLION primary care centre in west Dublin may have to open without involvement of GPs.Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Minister to meet Hep C groups over spendingMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly has said the Health Service Executive and support groups for people infected with hepatitis …Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
