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SIPTU MEMBERS IN the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) are set to conduct two 24-hour work stoppages this month, on Saturday 18 March and Monday 27 March.
They made the announcement this evening, and say that the move will highlight “their opposition to attempt to break up the DFB Emergency Medical Service by removing its ambulance call and dispatch function”.
Siptu sector organiser Brendan O’Brien said: “It is with deep regret that Siptu members in Dublin Fire Brigade have been forced into conducting these work stoppages.
This dispute results from our members’ total commitment to providing the best emergency services possible to the residents of Dublin.
O’Brien added that these 24-hour stoppages would signal to Dublin City Council their complete opposition to the removal of the ambulance call and dispatch functions in “the strongest manner open to them”.
He said that the fragmentation of this service would reduce the effectiveness of their service, lead to response time delays and expose the public to increased risk.
Earlier today, a rally was held by Siptu firefighters outside City Hall to protest the move.
One man speaking at the rally talked about how he’d went into cardiac arrest in Marlay Park, and how the help of the DFB Emergency Medical Service was vital for him.
Thankfully I am here today to tell the story. If it wasn’t for the way the system operates at the moment, it wouldn’t have been so good for me. Both myself and my family are very grateful.
In February, firefighters voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, with an overall margin of 81%.
A letter sent to Siptu members in January seen by TheJournal.ie, refers to a recent Hiqa review that requested Dublin City Council (DCC) “urgently identify and implement measures to address ambulance capacity issues in Dublin”.
The letter described the decision to ballot members on industrial action as “regrettable” but “the only option available”.
With reporting from Michelle Hennessy
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Oh my God, that is just awful, I hope she makes a full recovery. What a dreadful journey for any parent to make.
Conveyors are extremely dangerous I know people who have lost limbs and been killed by them, she is very lucky to be alive once you are caught by it either your clothing or hair gives way or you get pulled in, hope she makes a full recovery.
Poor girl
God love her, sounds awful
Get well soon. poor girl
Such a pity the author had to refer to this poor girl by just her surname, in his comment he says “Dunnes parents have flown out to Australia to be with her”…… Such a lack of respect for her as she was named Annie at birth… Hope Annie makes a full recovery.
In most reports people are referred to by their surname not their forename, they could have used Miss though.
Cindy, congratulations in advance on winning Nitpicker of the Year 2015!
Cindy, I’m sure if the family are reading this they will be appreciating your valuable input.
What an horrific, freak accident! Sincere hopes for a full recovery.
Why would 5 people give the thumbs down or dislike for the comment .am I missing something ?
Trolls patrick… theres no escaping the trolls… some people just want to watch the world burn
Scrubbed in on one those scalp transplants in the past. It’s a gore fest but recoverable. Good luck to her.
Jesus, that’s horrific, I hope she’ll be ok.
Who the hell is giving all the red thumbs?
Loyal haters I think, my common number is 5 nearly in every comment. Don’t worry about it, go by the green thumbs.
Cute: stop coming back to check how many thumbs you got.
*Cure:
I never consider them, or what colour they are Michael. I consider the comment, and/or the debate. There’s some that do though and that’s sad.
@Neal, cute is better :).
Molly, you see the red thumbs up even on people who send out sympathy comments to tragic stories and you wonder what is wrong with some people. I never go by the red myself as I am happy just to have 1 green thumb, reds just means they did bother to read it lol.
Just telling John not to worry about the red thumbs, once you mention the red thumbs then they build up. Once you say anything negative about yourself in public then they are out for their pound of flesh, here is no different but it is a dark sense I have as well lol.
Hope she has a speedy recovery, last thing you want over here. Hope her employer had insurance too. God speed
Why do these beautiful people have to go away for work… Get well soon.
Apparently they don’t have enough ugly people to fill these positions.
That’s true, send all the ugly one’s.
That’s horrific. I did my farming on the same farm as where it happened. Poor girl, I hope she has a speedy recovery.
I only thumb down people who complain about thumb downs,or thumbs down,or thumbs downs.
Thumber downers obviously do their thumbing downing just for the schadenfreude of annoying the people who don’t like thumb downs (or should that be “thumbs down”?)
I’ll start the ball rolling by giving myself a thumbs down for this comment.
Kudos for use of shadenfreude
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