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A truly horrible state of affairs. The guy is now Taoiseach. Here’s money for treatment. No no, it’ll be misused. Follow the paper trail. Fire those involved. It’s not difficult. Yet, they still win most seats in the recent election. An utter farce. Three children with scoliosis are in serious pain daily. They don’t care.
@Gareth Wogan: It’s easy to blame “The Government” for everything – and yes, they have took take a lot of blame.
A lot of the public services, state owned ore partly state owned institution, are like a swamp. Money is getting re-assigned from from department to another, just to make the “books” look different. Now try bring someone independent in there to figure out this mess, when most people in charge of budgeting are in the game.
On top of it, you have unions. They do a lot of good work, no doubt, but often they throw a spanner in these investigations\assessments as well.
@Pat Hazzard: Any suggestions then as to what the Exacutive should do in this situation where the hospital has misappropriated funds? Or is that above your lackey remit ?
All hospitals should be audited by Revenue to see where money is going. If not going where intended sack the head of Finance for God’s sake, when is anyone in authority going be held responsible. Is it a case of RTE all over again.
Absolutely scandalous…the way Donnelly talks as if it someone else’s fault.
Classic deflection an old politburo trick..
He supposed to be the minister, listening to this he’s junior officer from fisheries accounts outa castletownbeara
@Pat Hazzard: Easy to pass the ball, while children suffer immense pain on a daily basis, children who already have other complex needs, missing out on education, friends, etc, having to go through 11 hour operations, to try correct curvature well over 100° when many able body kids get operated on before the spinal curve get to 45° so it’s also discrimination. Yet this government refuses to enact all protocols of The UNCRPD.
So people with disabilities will continue to be second class citizens and go unrecognised by this government and their human rights will continue to be abused. Who ever makes excuses for these abuses, is also responsible for what happens to these kids and adults who have been neglected by the state.
@Pat Hazzard: so who was responsible and will these be the same as the bankers rte and the numerous other scandals with no accountability the accountability part is the governments fault
So CHI were given the amount they sought to get rid of the waiting list and they blew it on something else. The head of CHI must now be removed by the government to show that they will take the theft of taxpayers seriously (and no golden handshake, either fire or, if they do want to stay in the role, a full refund of the money). Blaming the government is too easy as regardless who forms the government they will have to deal with the same officials.
Mother of God I literally feel sick at the way this govt treats its most vulnerable citizens. It’s almost like they’d prefer if they were to die so they wouldn’t have to bother with them. Shameful.
@Matt D: kinda similar to mental health crisis. No money to be made from suicide. Waiting nearly 2 years to be seen. Be handier for them if we died alright. Sometimes I think it’s what they hope for. Judging by their actions or lack of.
Hold the front page! Taxpayers money not used for it’s original purpose. The slap on the wrist the people responsible for this will get, will ensure lessons will be learned in the future.
What a disgraceful state of affairs, typical of this government, money frittered away in every direction but not where it is needed most.
Our health is our wealth and our so called leaders don’t give a to$$ about our health. They would rather pump it endlessly into Cabbage Head projects than on the health of our most valuable assets….. Our Children.
Shame on you HSE and CHI.
Shame on you Ministers of Health
Shame on you Ministers for Children.!!!
As slap on the wrist is just waste of time When will someone anyone in our state supported charities hospitals housing associa be held responsible fir this appalling waste U L comes to mind ? Peter mc Verry ….No need to name and shame these organisations feel no shame Just keep getting g bailed out How many charities funded handsomely by our government still hold out begging bowls and never get audited? lists please Alot of chances hiding in plain sight And they also love to divert the blame to” the government ” Ironic and corrupt
@Margaret Gallagher: Peter Mc Verry Trust should be wound up, you don’t hear or see him on TV as much these days. Another scandal swept under the carpet, no surprise an RTE favourite, birds of a feather & all that.
This is what FFG voters are enabling, octogenarians on trolleys in corridors and 8 year old’s suffering needlessly with excruciating back pain, 24 hours a day, for years on end. Shameful.
No point telling us how they have failed the Children with Scoliosis, Micheal Martin, Simon Harris, Leo Varadkar, Eamonn Ryan & especially Stephen Donnelly are all responsible as they are in charge, no excuses, each one of you are responsible for the pain & further curvature these children have suffered through delays, incompetence & a lack of responsibility by those in power. None of you have any shame & couldn’t give a shit about Children with Scoliosis, you are the lowest form of human beings, despicable liars & bs artists.
Why isn’t the ceo sacked, why are the board at Chi told to step down. Why is there radio silence on the consultant at the front of this scandal. Where is the investigation into the springs used? It’s time CHI answered all these questions.that 19 million was ring fenced for kids with spina bifida who also have scoliosis, these are the most neglected in the health service, where their conditions then become complex many inoperable. The board and chair of CHI need to be gone, did bad job when in tallaght too.
Donnelly knows well these are time sensitive cases, and sat on his hands, parents, etc, begging for answers while the children suffer daily in pain.
Dear god this is just wrong at so many levels!! My heart goes out to all the kids who need this and yet we play silly politics when it comes to looking after our kids
The government should be ashamed of themselves for godsake cut through all the red tape and get these kids the help they need now today, not tomorrow or any more of your promises do your jobs and stop all the spin absolutely horrendous how they are defending there position.
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