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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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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