SIPTU Home Helps and their supporters from across the west of Ireland will march on Sunday (25th November), in Castlebar to protest against cuts to Home Help services.
The workers will assemble in the Chapel Car Park, Chapel Street, at 1.30 p.m. and march to the market square.
SIPTU Organiser, Annette Carpenter, said: “Minister for Health, James Reilly, is cutting Home Help services by a further 600,000 hours to the detriment of clients in receipt of care and the workers whose hours and take home pay have been drastically cut.”
She added: “We are calling on all Home Helps, their clients and their families, as well as the public, throughout the western counties of Mayo, Galway, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal to join the march. They will be sending a clear message to the HSE and the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, in his home town, that these cuts must be reversed.”
Mayo Home Help, Caroline Colleran, from Ardkill, Kilmaine, said: “It’s very important to receive the support of local communities for this march. These cuts are hurting the most vulnerable people in our society. It’s time for us to stand together and say enough is enough.”
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