Labour piles pressure on Reilly to target consultants - National News - Independent.ie

Labour piles pressure on Reilly to target consultants - National News - Independent.ie: His spokeswoman said: "The minister (Mr Howlin) is strongly in agreement that the highest-paid public servants, who are hospital consultants, should form part of the solution to the issue of cost over-runs in the health sector."
Tanaiste and Labour leader Eamon Gilmore was asked yesterday why consultants' pay had not been cut.
He said: "There are difficult budget decisions that have to be made but again the priority has to be the needs of the people who are in need of services."?

€200,000 bill on the way for TDs' tablets - National News - Independent.ie

€200,000 bill on the way for TDs' tablets - National News - Independent.ie: TAXPAYERS are expected to be hit with a bill of more than €200,000 to provide TDs, senators and department officials with handheld tablet computers.?

HSE chief overseeing €130m cutbacks defends pay hike - National News - Independent.ie

HSE chief overseeing €130m cutbacks defends pay hike - National News - Independent.ie: Asked if it sent out the wrong message when he is overseeing €130m in health cuts, affecting many elderly and the disabled, Mr O'Brien said the salary figure was a matter for the Government and it was less than his predecessor earned.?

Dáil Eireann - 29/Jun/1960 Criminal Justice Bill, 1960—Second Stage (Resumed).

Dáil Eireann - 29/Jun/1960 Criminal Justice Bill, 1960—Second Stage (Resumed).: There are few Deputies who are not personally, or at least vicariously, familiar with the insides of prisons. Many of our colleagues have been inside as prisoners. Some of us have heard at second hand of conditions within prisons. Others of us accepted the prudent discipline of visiting the prisons when we became legislators so that we might have a clear knowledge of what we were doing if we legislated in such a way as to make it possible to imprison our neighbour. I visited all the prisons in this country, Borstal, the reformatories and some of the industrial schools. One has always to bear in mind that, for anybody entering a penal institution of any kind for the first time, there is always the possibility that he may experience a certain feeling of shock. But, having recovered from that, it is, I think, the duty of all legislators to attempt at least to take an objective and a charitable view of the circumstances of people upon whom the misfortune of imprisonment has fallen.?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Pat Finucane Inquiry Campaign

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Pat Finucane Inquiry Campaign: Amnesty International said the decision reneged on past promises that the government would establish a public inquiry to investigate the killing of Patrick Finucane. The organization urged the government to honour its commitment to hold a public inquiry and set about its establishment without delay.?SO MUCH FOR POLITICAL PROMISES?

Corrupt Eire: Joan Burton looking to make savings from Disabled Children

Corrupt Eire: Joan Burton looking to make savings from Disabled Children: A child must be likely to require this level of care and attention for at least 12 months.?HOW ABOUT FORTY YEARS?

Meet the Industry That Makes the Koch Brothers Look Poor

Meet the Industry That Makes the Koch Brothers Look Poor: This nation is now spending over $200 billion a year on a justice system that locks up more people than any country on earth. We have more prisoners than China. More than Russia. More than anyone. This colossal system is hitting our communities with staggering financial and human costs — gobbling resources that should be going to strengthening communities.?