Planned Russian navy exercises ‘very alarming’ says local TD
TDs and senators are expected to strongly challenge the Russian Ambassador to Ireland at a meeting next week. Yury Filatov has been invited to the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee, over his country’s planned military drills off the Irish coast. The fishing industry met him yesterday about the impact the exercises…
Sligo/Leitrim TD says homecare sector is facing a crisis
Sligo/Leitrim Sinn Fein TD, Martin Kenny, says there is a crisis in the homecare sector with 208 people in the region waiting for a carer to be assigned to them even though they have been approved. Almost 5,000 people nationally are waiting for a carer to be allocated. Deputy Kenny…
Still Here campaign relaunching today
A campaign is under way to reassure domestic abuse victims that help is there for them throughout the Christmas period The Still Here campaign will be relaunched today. It comes against a backdrop of the scandal over cancelled 999 calls to Gardaí. Over 200,000 calls between 2019 and 2020, were…
1,329 children in the region awaiting first assessment for occupational therapy
1,329 children across the HSE’s CHO1 area, which includes, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal, are waiting for a first assessment for occupational therapy. Figures released to Sinn Fein show there are over 18,000 children waiting nationally. Sligo/Leitrim Sinn Fein TD, Martin Kenny says rural ireland has a ‘postcode lottery’ when it…
Staff shortage leading to lack of home help hours in the north west
The HSE cannot provide 1,962 hours of home care support in the region. A shortage of Home Care Assistants across the CHO1 area, which covers Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan is leading to the delay in supports. Sligo Leitrim TD Martin Kenny says the situation is extremely serious as…
Concerns raised over delay for adoptive people accessing information
A number of local TD’s have highlighted their concerns over the delay in access to information for adopted people. Independent Donegal TD, Thomas Pringle introduced the Adoption Information Bill along with Deputy Catherine Connolly at the beginning of this year seeking to address Ireland’s laws around adoptive persons data. He…
Local TD says fight for school secretaries and caretakers ‘not over’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says the battle for equality for school secretaries and caretakers is not over. That’s despite agreement having been reached last week in the long-running campaign in relation to pay for school secretaries. However, Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny says there is still work to be done to…