Funding for Health and Primary Care

In launching the Healthy Irelandpolicy document on 28th March last, the Irish Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD, observed that the current generation of Irish parents are in danger of becoming the first generation to bury their children. Given the increase in childhood obesity and other factors, the Minister may be correct. However, the deliberate decision of the Fine Gael/Labour Government to drastically reduce the funding available to hospitals and Primary Care, cannot but adversely affect the health of the Irish population, both adults and children. It is imperative that the Irish Government reverse course and invest in our health service and in the future health of the Irish people, instead of slavishly adhering to the targets of the Troika.