Galway Podiatry Graduates must be integrated into the Health Care System – O Brolcháin It is the policy of the Green Party — I have been involved in putting it together — that we need to increase significantly the proportion of health spend on preventative care. Every government should be seeking to increase the amount [...]
Galway Senator Niall Ó Brolcháin, is pushing for landmark legislation which will make Ireland the first country in the world to warn of the potential dangers of mobile phones through a unique labelling system. Senator Ó Brolcháin has published the mobile phone labelling bill along with Green Party Senator Mark Dearey and Senator Mark Daly [...]
Call for a debate on carers in society I support the calls for a debate on carers. As the father of a child with disabilities, I think it is important we avoid acting in a knee-jerk manner. I am sick of the business of allowing the latest crisis to determine where money is going to [...]
Contributions to Debate on St Lukes This debate is about an older facility, into which great love, care and attention has gone. This caring facility has thrived because of the major community effort people put into it. The reality is that the old infirmary building is no longer up to the task of providing top-level [...]
Primary Health Care Services a Priority – Ó Brolcháin Regardless of what party one is in, we should be working with the Minister to ensure the speedy roll-out of primary health care services. Unfortunately, this means that some of the health services people know and love must move or we must make changes in certain [...]
Sunbed regulation is vital – O Brolchain Galway Senator, Niall O Brolchain, is calling on the Government to introduce new legislation to ban sunbed use for the under 18s. The Green Party Health Spokesperson believes it is vital to regulate sunbeds due to the risk of skin cancer. “I am calling on [...]
Spending on Health Education will reap rewards – Ó Brolcháin Health education is an area where we can attain real gains in respect of the overall health of the nation. Other countries have increased their budgets or spend in health education and have seen very real benefits over a period. Finland is a case in [...]
HSE Child Care deaths ‘appaling’ – O Brolchain Galway Senator, Niall O Brolchain, has described as “appalling” the number of deaths of children in HSE care. The Green Party Health Spokesperson has called for the full implementation of the Ryan report recommendations, following the deaths of a number of children in the care [...]
Integrated approach to special needs education could benefit unemployed therapists – O Brolchain An integrated community-based approach to special needs education could provide valuable opportunities for unemployed speech, language and occupational therapists. That’s according to Galway Senator, Niall O Brolchain, who has called for a community based approach to special needs education. “In these difficult [...]
Extract from Seanad – Calls for Maternity Services Debate I have been a campaigner for natural birth for many years and I would like a debate on maternity services in Ireland. We have an outdated system. Many procedures, including symphysiotomy, Caesarian sections, episiotomies, etc., are still carried out in hospitals.
