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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
HSE told to draw up hospital plansMinister for Health James Reilly has instructed the HSE to prepare proposals for the establishment of new groups of hospitals…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
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
Support groups received €860,000 from HSE in 2011BACKGROUND: TRANSFUSION POSITIVE and Positive Action are support groups for people infected with hepatitis C from contaminated…Thu Mar 29 2012 - 01:00
Productivity preferable to pay cuts, says ReillyMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly has said he is far more interested in securing increased productivity from hospital consultants…Tue Mar 27 2012 - 01:00
Hospitals due €10m as consultants delay claim formsDELAYS BY 20 hospital consultants in signing claim forms for insurance companies are responsible for holding up the payment of…Tue Mar 27 2012 - 01:00
500 consultants earn above €200,000 public pay ceilingONE HOSPITAL consultant received more than €400,000 from the public health service, while up to 500 senior doctors are earning…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Bad medicineAs he leaves the HSE after four years as head of HR, Sean McGrath pulls few punches when he talks about the extent of the budget…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Pay cuts threatened existence of unions, says former leaderPAY CUTS for staff on the State payroll caused an existential threat to the trade union movement, a former public service trade…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Siptu protests over home help jobsSiptu is to mobilise up to 3,000 home help workers as part of a campaign to highlight the threat to jobs after contracts were…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Ban sought on corrupt politicians who take bribesCOURTS SHOULD be allowed to ban members of the Oireachtas who are convicted of bribery from holding public office and to remove…Fri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
Troika not after medical card, says ReillyTHE MEDICAL card scheme and other State-provided free health service entitlements are not under threat from the EU-International…Fri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
Elderly 'distressed' over financesSpeculation about threats to the medical card scheme, the State pension and free travel is causing great distress to older people…Fri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
VHI records surplus of €7.4m but seeks moreVHI, THE Republic’s largest health insurer, has recorded a financial surplus of €7.4 million for last year.Thu Mar 22 2012 - 00:00
VHI reports €7.4 million surplusThe country’s largest health insurer, the VHI, has recorded a financial surplus of €7.4 million for last year.Wed Mar 21 2012 - 00:00
St Vincent's pays three executives extra for private jobsTHREE SENIOR executives in public hospitals operated by the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group are being paid for private work on …Tue Mar 20 2012 - 00:00
Minister names children's hospital review groupMINISTER FOR Health James Reilly has appointed an architect, two planners, a number of senior doctors and a British hospital …Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
Children's hospital group namedMinister for Health James Reilly has appointed an architect, two planners, a number of senior doctors and a British hospital …Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Tribunal costing €50,000 a weekPUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE: THE MAHON tribunal is still costing nearly €50,000 per week although it has not held public hearings…Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Lawyers had major influence over abuse apologies, says judgeAPOLOGIES GIVEN by some religious congregations in relation to child abuse had obviously been drafted or heavily influenced by…Tue Mar 13 2012 - 00:00
