Q&AWho will benefit from the early retirement/voluntary redundancy schemes? The schemes will be primarily aimed at staff in managerial…Tue Nov 02 2010 - 00:00
Managers could get severance package of €300,000SOME SENIOR health service managers could receive severance payments of between €200,000 and €300,000 under the terms of the …Tue Nov 02 2010 - 00:00
Unions criticise terms and deadline proposedREACTION: TRADE UNIONS have criticised the terms on offer under the Government’s voluntary redundancy scheme for health service…Tue Nov 02 2010 - 00:00
HSE to offer redundancy deal in next few weeksNEW PROPOSALS for a voluntary redundancy scheme in the Health Service Executive could see about 5,000 clerical and administrative…Mon Nov 01 2010 - 00:00
Harney unveils details of HSE redundancy schemeThe Government has announced a €400 million voluntary redundancy and early retirement scheme for the Health Service Executive…Mon Nov 01 2010 - 00:00
Operations officer post to cost HSE €190,000THE Health Service Executive’s new chief operations officer will be paid a salary of about €190,000, it has emerged.Tue Oct 26 2010 - 01:00
Civil servants to lose time off to cash their pay chequesTHE GOVERNMENT is to end the traditional practice of giving time off to civil servants to cash their pay chequesSat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
Up to 21 overseas trips under scrutinySENIOR HEALTH Service Executive figures believe there may have been up to 21 international trips undertaken over recent years…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Department criticised over Croke Park planTHE BODY charged with implementing the Croke Park agreement on public service pay and reform has criticised plans submitted by…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Jettisoning Croke Park deal 'would be mistake'TRADE UNION leaders have said that it would be a mistake for the Government to abandon the Croke Park agreement on public service…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Fees cut for taking cancer-screening cervical smear testsTHE GOVERNMENT is to reduce by 5 per cent the fees paid to GPs and other healthcare professionals involved in taking smear tests…Thu Oct 21 2010 - 01:00
Pay proposals for returning consultants ruled outTHE DEPARTMENT of Finance has ruled out proposals that hospital consultants with experience at senior level abroad should receive…Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Local authorities face staff reviewSTAFFING LEVELS and structures in local authorities are to be reviewed, traditional working arrangements will be re-examined …Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Head of implementation group to get €30,000THE chairman of the national body charged with implementing the Croke Park agreement on public service pay and reform will receive…Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Harney and Lynch differ over issue of resignationTHE FORMER chairman of the development board for the new National Paediatric Hospital said yesterday he resigned last week as…Sat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
Blood service redundancy deal goes to LRCTHE DEPARTMENT of Health has approval in principle a voluntary redundancy package for a number of staff in the Irish Blood Transfusion…Sat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
Aer Lingus staff stage actionCabin crew at Aer Lingus are engaged in work-to-rule action at the airline today in an escalation of a dispute with the airline…Wed Oct 13 2010 - 01:00
Cabin crew to strike in event of work-to-rule falloutCABIN CREW at Aer Lingus have threatened to go on strike if the airline disciplines any member taking part in industrial action…Wed Oct 13 2010 - 01:00
Airline warns staff over rostersAER LINGUS has warned cabin crew that they could be removed from the payroll and face possible dismissal if they fail to comply…Sat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
HSE chief criticises 'serious breaches' of regulationsHSE CEO's STATEMENT : THE CHIEF executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Cathal Magee has said the significant governance…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Further Siptu payments revealedThe Department of Finance has revealed that money from a local authority partnership fund was also paid into the Siptu?linked…Thu Oct 07 2010 - 01:00
Siptu will repay some training money if payments unvouchedTHE TRADE union Siptu has said it will repay some of the money involved in the controversy over the Skill training programme …Thu Oct 07 2010 - 01:00
HSE plan may see up to 6,000 jobs goUP TO 6,000 jobs in the health service could go as part of a voluntary redundancy programme being proposed by management in the…Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
Psychiatrists' tribunal fees cutTHE GOVERNMENT has reduced the level of fees paid to consultant psychiatrists for serving on mental health tribunals by 8 per…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
Cutbacks creating 'asylum' care system, psychiatrist tells forumPSYCHIATRIC SERVICES are reverting back to "the asylum system" as a result of staffing shortages caused by Government funding…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
Levy on consultants private fees urgedTHE GOVERNMENT has been urged to place a 50 per cent levy on the private earnings of hospital consultants who work in the public…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
Ictu says 3% target 'ridiculously deflationary'UNION POSITION: THE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions has described that Government’s target of bringing the deficit in the public…Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Hint at property and service taxes'BORD SNIP': UCD ECONOMIST Colm McCarthy has said the Government may have to raise rates of tax in future while revenue-raising…Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Departments and agencies miss reform plan deadlineA NUMBER of Government departments and agencies have missed the deadline for submitting action plans for the implementation of…Thu Sept 30 2010 - 01:00
Unions plan series of pre-budget protests over economic policy 'failure'THE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions is to organise a series of protests as part of a campaign against Government economic policy…Thu Sept 30 2010 - 01:00
Nurses' union says local changes not part of dealNURSES HAVE been told by their union that they should not co-operate with any dictatorial approach by local health service management…Wed Sept 29 2010 - 01:00
Unions stage protests over cutsProtests took place in Dublin and Galway today against Government spending cuts.Wed Sept 29 2010 - 01:00
Savings from cut in public staff will not fund pay risesCROKE PARK DEAL: SAVINGS MADE through public sector staff reductions over the past year will not result in pay increases for…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
HSE may seek to recoup fundsTHE HEALTH Service Executive has signalled it may seek to recoup money paid into a controversial account linked to trade union…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Ictu opposed to workfare planTHE IRISH Congress of Trade Unions has said the introduction of any form of “compulsory workfare” by the Government would not…Thu Sept 23 2010 - 01:00
Staff warned on Croke Park dealThe savings generated from the 10,000 reduction in numbers on the State payroll will not count when calculating monies to be …Thu Sept 23 2010 - 01:00
Union chief set to claim public staff worst offTHE HEAD of the Republic’s largest public service union is expected to argue today that staff on the State payroll have taken…Thu Sept 23 2010 - 01:00
Unpaid leave proposed for hospital staff in LetterkennySTAFF AT Letterkenny General Hospital are to be asked to consider taking four days of unpaid leave as part of moves to tackle…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Nursing home repayments reach almost €450 millionFigures reveal that the estimate for the cost of the scheme has risen over the past yearTue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Croke Park pay deal to come under strong pressureDESMOND GREAVES SUMMER SCHOOL: THE CROKE Park agreement on public service pay and reform is going to come under some dreadful…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Consultants could share staff - HarneyMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has suggested that hospital consultants could share secretarial staff in future as part of new…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
HSE places IT chief on leaveA SENIOR HSE executive with responsibility for information technology has been placed on administrative leave, it has emerged…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Construction unions discuss pay cut recommendationTRADE UNIONS representing workers in the construction sector are to consult with members on a Labour Court recommendation which…Thu Sept 09 2010 - 01:00
Building staff to consider pay cutTrade unions representing workers in the construction sector are to consult with members on a Labour Court recommendation which…Wed Sept 08 2010 - 01:00
Union warns beds will close in westNURSING LEADERS have told Health Service Executive management in the west that beds in hospitals in Mayo and Sligo will have …Tue Aug 31 2010 - 01:00
HSE West talks get under wayTalks aimed at introducing cost-saving measures in the HSE in the west will get under way between trade unions and management…Tue Aug 31 2010 - 01:00
HSE in west needs more funding to tackle €91m deficit, union saysTHE TRADE union Siptu has said more money will have to be provided to the Health Service Executive in the west as part of overall…Mon Aug 30 2010 - 01:00
Drumm appointed to paediatric hospital boardTHE OUTGOING chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE), Prof Brendan Drumm, has been appointed to the board responsible…Tue Aug 17 2010 - 01:00
18,000 hospital operations were cancelled in 2009ALMOST 18,000 hospital operations were cancelled last year – an increase of 10 per cent on 2008, according to newly-released …Mon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00
