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Jim Larkin Commemoration
NUJ protest at Saudi Arabian Embassy over treatment of blogger
Shocking rise in child poverty revealed in new CSO figures
Government must end employers’ veto of JLC
Central Bank should abandon plans for 20% mortgage deposit
No discussions on renewal of social partner ‘dialogue’
Home Helps demand 'Right to Work'
HSE ambulance capacity review must be released
Bord Na Móna workers seek pay rise
NUI Galway academic staff call for equality assessment
Young Workers Network
Government must take action to halt rise in workplace deaths
Minister for Health calls for talks in NMBI fee dispute
‘We are fed up!’: Thousands march against TTIP & GMOs in Berlin
Upward only rent reviews are costing jobs
Mistake to abolish artists tax exemption
SIPTU/ICTU Graduate Class 2013/2014
SDCC to maintain weekly payments to job scheme participants
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Home Helps demand 'Right to Work'

Home Helps want to play their part in solving the hospital overcrowding crisis by being allowed work more hours caring for vulnerable clients.

Protesting outside the Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, on Thursday (15th January), Frances Whelan, a Home Help and SIPTU activist, said: "People are stuck on trolleys and we know we can help. There are many people in hospital beds who with the correct support can return home and be cared for by the Home Help service.

"However, cutbacks in our service mean that for increasing numbers this is not a viable option. We want to get the message to the public that Home Helps are here in the local community and we are ready, willing and able to work".

On 15th January, Home Help ‘Right to Work’ protests took place outside Connolly Hospital, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, and the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, Westmeath.

SIPTU Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, also highlighted the issue at a protest outside Leinster House on Wednesday, 14th January.

“The crisis in our hospitals is integrally linked to the running down of health services within our communities. Nearly three million hours have been cut from Home Help services since 2008, with cutbacks only coming to a halt after a concerted campaign by our union,” he said.

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