Local TD and Health Campaigner Denis Naughten has welcomed the roll out of a new state of the art x-ray system at Roscommon County Hospital. The new system will allow the results of x-rays to be read by consultants at other hospitals like University Hospital Galway. Rather than queuing for hours in many of the busy A&E departments, patients can …
End of Emergency Services in Nenagh is all too familiar
From today, emergency calls to the Ambulance Service which traditionally went to Nenagh General Hospital will be diverted to Limerick as the HSE has shut down their 12hr A&E service and replace it with an injury unit. Having already lost their 24 hour A&E in April 2009, this decision by the HSE is the final blow to emergency care in …
FIS delays are failing working families.
Yesterday I did an interview with RTE on the unacceptable backlog in processing Family Income Supplement (FIS) payments within the Department of Social Protection, which you can view here. The FIS is a weekly payment which aims to supplement the income of low paid working parents; however families in low income employment are currently facing a wait of a staggering …
Monksland Primary Care Centre to open within weeks – Naughten
Local TD, Denis Naughten has been informed by the HSE that it expects to open the new state of the art primary health care centre on the Tuam Road, Monksland this October. The facility will house the South Roscommon Primary Care Team providing accommodation for GPs, physiotherapy services, speech and language therapy, dental care, social work, mental health and other …
Plan to include murderers on sex offenders register will only put greater stress on already failing system – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has criticised reports that that the Minister for Justice and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, is to incorporate a new register of violent offenders into the existing Sexual Offenders Register, claiming that it will undermine an already failing system.
Home help to be slashed by 16hrs every minute– Naughten As home care packages face 50% cut
Home help co-ordinators throughout the Country have to slash 16hrs of home support every minute to achieve the target set for them by the HSE claims Denis Naughten TD.
Naughten calls for emergency Dáil committee meeting
Home help to be slashed by 16 hours every minute, as care packages fact a 50% cut. Member of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, Denis Naughten TD, has written to the Chairman of the Committee calling for an emergency meeting to discuss the announced cuts. According to Denis Naughten, home help co-ordinators throughout the Country have to slash …
Letter to Committee Chairman
Dear Chairman, As I am sure you are aware the recent cuts announced by the Department of Health have been met with considerable outrage throughout the country. While I welcome the announcement regarding the reassessment of the cuts to personal assistant services, the remaining measures will have a monumental impact on thousands of highly vulnerable people. In particular I would …
Heritage promotion staff will help develop Roscommon’s tourism package – Naughten
Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the appointment by Roscommon LEADER Partnership of two people to work across County Roscommon on heritage projects, stating that it will be of benefit in developing the heritage tourism. The appointment of Heritage Animators, Sharon Eastwood and Janie Crone will be assist groups and individuals with heritage training or developing project proposals, which will …
400% hike in sex offenders breaking release conditions – Naughten
The enforcement of the release conditions of those convicted of serious sexual offences, such as rape and paedophilia, is spiralling out of control claims Denis Naughten TD. Since 2008 there has been a shocking 400% increase in the number of persons breaching the terms of their released from prison following convictions for rape, offences against children, as well as other …