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Here you can find some of the major issues I’ve been working on in national politics and in my role as Labour Spokesperson on Health
Cut in funding to HSE capital plan shows Government is not serious about building health service capacity
Stagnant funding and ambition in HSE capital plan with a €14 million cut in HSE capital plan. Snail’s pace bed plan is not at the races when it comes to delivering the capacity required in our health service with just 143 acute beds to …
Legislation for fatal foetal anomaly in pregnancy must be revisited – Labour
Labour’s health spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has called for action from Government to review termination of pregnancies where there is a diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality in Ireland. Speaking during the Order of Business in the …
Minister must urgently intervene in National Ambulance Service staffing debacle
The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is critically understaffed — 1,860 paramedics short of the 2026 workforce plan — with major regional gaps and no agreed workforce framework in place. Offering new graduates 16‑week fixed‑term …
Miscarriage and fertility leave must be enacted without further delay
Labour’s Bill would provide 20 days leave for early pregnancy loss and 10 days to attend fertility treatments Labour to host rally for women’s healthcare this Sunday March 8th at 12 noon at the Garden of Remembrance Speaking in the …
Empty words on GPs as Govt oppose Labour Bill to guarantee more equal access to care
abour introduced the Health (Availability of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2025 in July 2025 on foot of extensive research by Labour last year on GP to population ratio which raised stark inequalities. Ironic that the Government is …
Care, not custody for those with severe mental illness – Sherlock expresses alarm at lack of Government action.
No Government urgency on lack of healthcare options for psychiatric patients in prisons – Cloverhill Court judge calls out lack of options. No Government plan to fully open Central Mental Hospital beds – one third remain unopen, four …
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