The move comes in the face of persistent drought
Dxetails of the new funding were set out in the official letter of financial allocations for the HSE. In it, the Department of Health said that of the HSE’s total allocation of almost €13 billion, a sum of €38.5 million was to be used for a number of specific new service enhancements which the Government wanted to see prioritised.
This includes €10 million to be spent on implementing a new national cancer strategy, as well as on Newnew posts at Cork University Hospital and St Luke’s in Dublin, and on the costs of facilitating patients from the Republic receiving treatment in Derry.
Disability
A further €7.25 million is to be allocated for funding day-centre places for about 1,500 young adults with disabilities who will leave schools and training centres in 2016.
About €3.5million is to be earmarked to fund the opening of a new endoscopy unit in Roscommon, an acute floor including oncology services at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny, a maternity unit in Wexford, a stroke unit at St James’s Hospital in Dublin, a new emergency unit in Limerick and a hospice in Kerry.
About €3 million is to be allocated to implement the new national maternity strategy; a further €3 million is to be earmarked for other hospital developments including recruitment for paediatric scoliosis services and stroke telemedicine consultants. Funding will also be provided for the living donor programme at Beaumont Hospital and for bilateral cochlear implants.
About €2 million is to go towards developing the national ambulance service. The HSE has also been instructed by the Department of Health not to earmark any less than €940 million next year for the Fair Deal nursing home scheme while the allocation for the State Claims Agency should be no less than €160 million.
The HSE has also been told that its budget for the primary care reimbursement service, which covers the medical card scheme among others, should no lower than €2.395 billion.
Martin Wall, The Irish Times
‘Human Rights Practice: Terms and Conditions Apply’: 27 Nov in NUI Galway
Posted: November 14, 2015 in Uncategorized
A talk by Professor Attracta Ingram
Friday 27 November 2015 at 2.30 pm in Room 333, Aras Moyola, National University of Ireland Galway.
All welcome!
Organised by the Power, Conflict and Ideology Cluster in the School of Political Science & Sociology
Abstract
Human rights are increasingly used to justify a variety of Western interventions in the affairs of other nations, sometimes, but not always, acting with an UN mandate. This development became most evident in the military interventions in Somalia, Haiti, and the former Yugoslavia. Less dramatically, measures such as sanctions and conditions on aid have long been used against the more egregious human rights-abusing regimes. At an everyday political level Western politicians are commonly expected to raise human rights issues on state occasions and trade missions with countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Burma, and many others. As reflected in the world of ideas, this development of human rights practice…
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This post is in addition to yesterday’s post about how to help the Syrian refugees at Calais by donating items in Oxford. Here are some more resources and information about ways to help, including a few more regional links:
- This Amazon wishlist helps you buy items specifically requested by those working with refugee groups. This crowdfunding account raises money for those in ‘The Jungle’, the Calais refugee camp.
- The big charities are also soliciting donations – try MSF, who are doing migrant search and rescue in the Mediterranean sea, Save The Children, who are campaigning for the children of Syria, or the British Red Cross. You can donate at any of their websites.
- By the end of September, there will be over 26,000 unaccompanied children in European refugee camps. This petition urges David Cameron to allow 3,000 of them (number suggested by Save The Children) to be…
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Writer: Anton Chekhov
Company: TG Stan, Belgium
Venue: O Reilly Theatre, Belvedere, 10th October 2015
In this production of Chekhov’s final comedic play, the audience members’ eyes or ears aren’t drawn to the lighting or the sound, but are drawn to the stage space and the minimal amount of set dressing. These performers aren’t interested in bells and whistles; they are more interested in the devised nature of this Chekhovian piece. This frenzied piece settles down into something more concrete after the first Act, the performance is diluted by the constant asides to the audience. Female rolesperformances are strong, an ensemble piece is clearly marked out and Bert Haelvoet must be given a hat tip as he portrayed three different personas
this production has come under fire from the print media and the blogging world for not using a director or dramaturge, this is their methodology and we must respect this. For new or established Chekhovians, it would get my recommendation as this audience member was captivated throughout
(c) Dave Joyce 2015
‘Vinyl’, ‘Girls’ & ‘Togetherness’ Get February Premiere Dates On HBO
Posted: October 29, 2015 in UncategorizedExcited for Vinyl from one of the godfathers of American cinema 🙂
Source: ‘Vinyl’, ‘Girls’ & ‘Togetherness’ Get February Premiere Dates On HBO
How to Keep An Alien Review
Writer: Sonya Kelly
Director: Gina Moxley
Performers: Sonya Kelly and Justin Murphy
Company: Rough Magic
Venue: Town Hall Theatre, Galway. 6th October 2015
This show is the perfect post marriage-referendum play as Sonya Kelly, both as writer and performer, lets the audience into a brief period in her personal life, five or six years ago, when herself and her partner Kate, who is Australian, embarked on a journey to get a defacto visa. This one-woman show is documentary theatre first and foremost. Kelly has assembled facsimile documents she brings onstage every night, which is symbolic of her journey and feeds them directly into the show. Kelly has to be commended for finding parallels between her story and the direct provision system. This show is in equal parts funny and heart-warming from start to finish and Kelly places episodes of emotion and stress in the script which humanises the story much more than just a show packed with one-liners.
The set design and lighting design was impressive. Kelly is able to tell her story with minimal props and minimum set dressing. The lighting design was the most impressive element as the lights were an integral part of the set design itself. This show is a high energy fun show and the music choices reflect this. Sound design was minimal, it allowed Kelly to tell her story without an overreliance on sound, for example using a flashlight and her folder Kelly conducted two Skype calls during the show. The design elements create an immersive atmosphere.
Going to see this play is a worthwhile experience as it is very enjoyable and humorous. All the elements in this production are top-notch. I can guarantee that you will leave the theatre having seen a worthwhile show
(c)Dave Joyce 2015
‘The Irish Citizen Army: how significant was it?’ Panel Discussion Thurs 15 Oct
Posted: October 11, 2015 in Uncategorizedif you are in Galway this thursday panel discussion & debate on the ICA
‘The Irish Citizen Army: how significant was it?’
ICHLC panel discussion & debate
THURSDAY, 15 OCT., 8.pm, Galway Mechanics Institute, Middle St,
featuring:
Dr Ann Matthews, Dr Leo Keohane, Prof. Gavin Foster, and Mr James Curry, Dr Conor McNamara
All welcome; please share
INTRODUCING THE PANELLISTS:
* Ann Matthews is author of The Irish Citizen Army (2014) several books on women in the Irish Revolution, and an acclaimed play, Lockout. She has lectured in History at NUI Maynooth.
* Leo Keohane lectures in Cultural Theory at the Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway. A founder of the ICHLC, he is author of Captain Jack White: Imperialism, Anarchism & the Irish Citizen Army (2014).
* James Curry is a PhD Digital Humanities Research Scholar at NUI Galway and an ICHLC founder. His most recent publication (with Ciaran Wallace) is Thomas Fitzpatrick & the Lepracaun Cartoon Monthly (2014).
* Gavin…
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This afternoon, about 2,000 people gathered by Oxford University’s Sheldonian building for a peaceful demonstration in support of the Syrian refugees, showing that refugees are welcome in Oxford.
The demonstration was chaired by Mark Lynas. A speaker from Oxfam, Dr Hojjat Ramzy of the Oxford Islamic Information Centre, Asylum Welcome, Emmaus Oxford and other charities spoke, as well as current and former asylum seekers from Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan. The head of Oxford City Council confirmed that Oxford would be welcoming refugee families, and called on the government to make funds available to expedite the process.
A speaker from UNISON called attention to the need to force the government to build more houses and abandon the racist policies which all parties espoused in the run-up to the last 
general election, before publicising the national day of action next Saturday. The author Mark Haddon called on Britain to…
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The View from The DJ booth 