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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
HSE must provide urgent answers on CAMHS and reassurance to service users
Welcome extension of regional review and appointment of Clinical Director Systems change requires adequate staffing No full-time psychiatrist in Kerry unacceptable Labour Health Spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has today called on the HSE to …
Legacy of North Kerry CAMHS horror is that CAMHS and youth mental health care must be overhauled – Sherlock
Harrowing cases of moderate and severe harm in North Kerry CAMHS and the siloed system of operation must never be repeated. CAMHS waiting lists across the country remain disgracefully high three years after the Kerry South and North …
Minister for Health must make clear the future of the Rotunda is in Dublin’s North Inner City
Deep disappointment at planning refusal, which is essential to enhancing care and capacity, particularly neonatal care. Minister for Health had been asked to make clear the 2016 plan to co-locate the Rotunda with Connolly was now defunct, …
Sherlock introduces new bill to overhaul dysfunctional waste collection and tackle illegal dumping
Deputy Marie Sherlock yesterday introduced the Waste Management (Single Household Waste Collection Service) Bill 2025. The bill is a culmination of many years of work across communities in Dublin Central who are dealing with the scourge of …
Systemic abandonment of people with serious mental health illness is outrageous – Minister for Health must urgently address Dáil
Beyond conscionable that the State condemns mentally ill persons to indefinite remand prison without access to appropriate medication while exporting others aboard. Minister for Heath must address Dáil on what is a life and death issue. …
Half a decade on Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil still blocking miscarriage leave – Sherlock
Sherlock calls on Oireachtas Enterprise Committee to examine Labour Party legislation Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill first tabled in 2021 Bill provides 20 days miscarriage leave and 10 days …
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