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“𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, ‘𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔?’ 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒚.” 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐝𝐞-𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲.
M Compass Media81,051 views • 3 months ago
Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) says he believes it is not the responsibility of the state to look after people living with disabilities. In what can only be described as comments made by a man adrift from the realities of life for many carers, Varadkar went on to talk about his own willingness to care for family members into the future. He appeared not to realise the disparity between his own quality of life and means, and those of Carers who cannot work due to their caring responsibilities, many living below the poverty line and unable to afford proper care assistance and respite. Equally, Varadkar has not had to provide personal care for a seriously Ill or disabled relative according to this interview but expresses a confident view of himself into the future as a care provider, a fact that can only frustrate already frustrated carers around the country. As clarification, the Taoiseach did also say that where a person has no family or has high needs, the state may step in. This conditionality does suggest that disabled people with family must depend on them. Equally, there is an inference that where a person has high needs, the state will step in. This is not the experience of many carers in Ireland.
M Compass Media216,526 views • 2 years ago
Deputy Catherine Connolly says she agrees with Mattie McGrath that too much time has been spent in the Dáil talking about RTE and no time spent discussing “15-, 16- and 17-year-olds are being collected in taxis and subjected to sexual abuse in hotels” that were taken into state care by Tusla - Child and Family Agency
M Compass Media43,681 views • 3 years ago
𝐃𝐚́𝐢𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐝-𝐨𝐟-𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 Deputy Mattie McGrath raised serious concerns in the Dáil on Tuesday 15 July regarding the handling of protected disclosures in Ireland’s health system. He criticised the absence of the Minister for Health in the Dáil Chamber to respond to the plight of whistleblowers who, despite presenting peer-reviewed evidence and FOI documents, are ignored, discredited, and left vulnerable. Deputy McGrath referred specifically to a whistleblower who alleged regulatory failures, including misuse of end-of-life protocols in nursing homes during Covid and the failure of agencies like the HPRA HPRA and @ to act on vaccine safety concerns. He called for an immediate independent inquiry, demanding that the Department of Health, HPRA, and Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI )respond transparently and that whistleblower protections be enforced. In response, Minister of State Kieran O’Donnell TD for Limerick City Constituency , speaking on behalf of Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD , gave a procedural reply. He outlined the existing protected disclosures framework and the Department’s encouragement of staff to report wrongdoing without fear of penalisation. Minister O’Donnell assured that reports forwarded to the Protected Disclosures Commissioner are handled confidentially and fairly, but he did not address Deputy McGrath’s specific allegations or commit to an independent inquiry. In his rebuttal, Deputy McGrath reiterated the urgency and gravity of the whistleblower’s claims, including possible loss of thousands of lives, regulatory inaction, and systemic cover-ups. He again pressed for a public inquiry and immediate ministerial action. In closing, Minister O’Donnell reiterated the Department’s general commitment to the protected disclosures process but made no new commitments beyond referring the matter back to the Minister for Health. Louise Roseingrave Dr. Marcus De Brun Andrew Bridgen Eddie Hobbs Pat Morrissey 1215 Michael McConville Dr Gerard Waters ,GP
M Compass Media16,445 views • 1 year ago
Dr Pat Morrissey Pat Morrissey 1215 spoke powerfully today outside the Irish Medical Council HQ on the tyranny of lockdowns and forced vaccinations. A few hundred people gathered at lunchtime in support of Dr. Marcus de Brun Dr. Marcus De Brun who is being sanctioned by the IMC
M Compass Media16,452 views • 1 year ago
Former Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen flew to Dublin to speak outside the Irish Medical Council HQ earlier today where a few hundred people gathered in solidarity with Dr Marcus de Brun Dr. Marcus De Brun who is being sanctioned by the IMC for speaking out in 2020 about the unlawful killing of elderly people in nursing homes.
M Compass Media15,636 views • 1 year ago
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