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GE2024cancer servicesMINISTER FOR HEALTH Stephen Donnelly has defended the advertisement run by Fianna Fáil general election candidate, Gráinne Seoige, in which she said that cancer services in Galway are the worst in the country, and if she is elected, she will work to ensure the sector receives investment.
In the ad, which was run in local media in Galway, the Galway West candidate said: “Did you know that treatment for cancer outcomes in Galway are the worst in the country?
“More investment can change this. If elected, I will works to bring this investment to ensure all people get equal treatment in Galway.”
The ad was run under the slogan “Grá for Galway”.
Seoige’s advertisement has received criticism across the board as Fianna Fáil have held the health brief for the duration of the last government. Yesterday, Seoige rejected claims that she was taking a swipe at her party colleague with the ad.
“I don’t believe that it’s a criticism of Stephen Donnelly at all,” she told The Irish Times.
Speaking on The Week In Politics on RTÉ, Donnelly refuted the idea that his party colleague was taking aim at his tenure as Minister for Health.
“Gráinne is calling out something that is very real. This has been a long standing issue,” he said.
“She’s standing up for the region. That’s why we’ve invested in an 80 million euro radiation therapy center. It’s why we’re committed to a new cancer center in Galway hospital. It’s why we have expanded cancer services over the last four years at an unprecedented rate.
“What Gráinne is calling out quite rightly, is that more needs to be done. It’s why we fully funded the National Cancer service, and it’s why we have such a big level of investment in cancer services now in Galway,” Donnelly said.
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson, David Cullinane, said that the Minister had previously said that Ireland is “halfway there” to achieving a world class public health system.
“After 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, we’re halfway there. Do we have to wait another 100 years?”
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And who pays the bill?
Half a story here on the journal
Tom Feely will pay in bitcoins
The €47k that the residents paid last year to Kildare Co Co in LPT would more than comfortably cover the cost of lighting and sewage…
With no street lights how will the kids ever know when it’s time to come in?
I heard the post was late in another estate today. Where’s the journal on that one? One would think someone in the journal lives in the above estate.
I think there’s a pothole being filled in Dingle today also.
Damn it. Dingle gets everything.
Electricity for kilcock…. The future is now…..! Them swans in the canal must be delighted…!
No it’s not a “piss take” …
Yes a lot of ppl have no street lights at all…. The difference with this estate is there are street lights – which have been switched off without notice – why should the next estate have lights and not this one??
It is a built up town not two houses on a five mile country road! It needs lights for various reasons!
There are many estates like this which did not make the news – as no one bothered to stand up and make it happen!!
I’m sure the rate payers of Kildare will be happy.
This has to be a piss-take.
I’s hopes that youse can still see the stars ..lol lol
At last, some light at the end of the tunnel!
Such a relief
Um, what about the sewage plant? The maintenance of the lighting? Who will be paying to ensure services are maintained for the people living there?
The residents in the form of their Local property tax….. Its just a shame that the sheeple of Ireland are not prepared to stand up for what is their LEGAL rights.. When big Phil announced the LPT he justified it by saying it paid for street lighting. Chambers Park residents paid €47k last year in LPT, this would power the sewage system and pay for street lights for 3 YEARS.
You misunderstand, Pa. I was asking which body would be responsible, the local authority? The article never even touched on such questions.
As far as I can see, and your figures back it up, estate dwellers pay far more in LPT than they draw down.
Yet another reason that ghost estates should be treated more equitably.
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