Health

Cost Of Living

Community Workers Are There For Us – People Before Profit Are Here For Them!

Workers in community and care organisations who are SIPTU members were on a 24-hour work stoppage and protested together in Galway (pictured), Waterford, and other counties today. We met them

6 Jul 2022

Cost Of Living

Time For Above-Inflation Pay Rises For All Care Workers

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “Care workers have no choice but to make it clear they will take action for cost of living pay rises. “Health Minister Robin

6 Jul 2022

Austerity

Full Support For The Irish Wheelchair Association Personal Assistants In Their Strike Action

People Before Profit local representative for Dublin Bay North, Bernard Mulvany, declares full support for the Irish Wheelchair Association Personal Assistants in their strike action this Tuesday, 5th of July,

5 Jul 2022

Health

Government Cannot Keep Putting Essential And Urgent Cost Of Living Measures On Long Finger

Radical action on cost of living and rental crisis needed urgently Government action needed to prevent Covid winter crisis People Before Profit has said that the government cannot continue to

5 Jul 2022

Health

Reports Of Hospital Staff Leaving Their Jobs Over ‘Impossible And Dangerous’ Workplaces- A Shocking Indictment Of Government Mismanagement Of Health Service

People Before Profit TD and spokesperson on health, Gino Kenny, has said that reports of hospital staff choosing to leave their jobs in emergency departments due to dangerous and impossible

29 Jun 2022

Health

Medical Cannabis Advocates Launch Campaign For Wider Use Of Cannabis For Medical Use

Campaigners for access to medicinal cannabis have said that the Medical Cannabis Access Programme is far to restrictive because it only allows for three conditions for prescription access. They have

23 Jun 2022

Health

HIQA Report Another Indication Of Government Failure To Combat Hospital Overcrowding 

Chronic waiting list and overcrowding crisis can only be tackled through mass recruitment of health staff to public system People Before Profit TD and health spokesperson Gino Kenny TD has

17 Jun 2022

Workers Rights

People Before Profit Health Spokesperson, Deputy Gino Kenny, Expresses Solidarity With Doctors, Nurses And Midwives Considering Industrial Action

People Before Profit Health spokesperson, Deputy Gino Kenny has expressed his support for Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) following the announcement on Monday of their overwhelming vote for industrial action up

15 Jun 2022

Health

People Before Profit TD To Raise Issue Of Access To Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kaftrio For Children In Dáil Today

People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny will raise the issue of access to the drug Kaftrio, a drug used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in the Dáil today at

15 Jun 2022