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Removing Barriers to Progress for People with Disabilities


Ahead of the annual Congress Disability Seminar, Fergus Finlay - chair of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy Implementation Group - looks at how we can make decent work a reality for people with disabilities Just over two years ago the Government announced a comprehensive employment strategy for...

Cancer Awareness

Motion no
48
Biennial Delegate Conference 2017
This conference notes that an unknown but significant number of men are suffering from terminal prostate cancer who are not aware of their medical condition until it is untreatable. Many of these cancer deaths could be averted by earlier detection. Fortunately...
Adopted

Perinatal Mental Health

Motion no
47
Biennial Delegate Conference 2017
Congress notes that:Perinatal mental health problems are very common, affecting up to 20% of women at some point during pregnancy or in the rst year of motherhood. This is not only a major public health issue but also an issue with hidden economic costs as it...
Adopted

Irish Public Health System

Motion no
45
Biennial Delegate Conference 2017
Given that the Irish public health system is experiencing an unprecedented medical staf ng crisis both in the hospital and the community setting, Congress calls on the Government to take the necessary steps to make the Irish public health system the employer...
Adopted

The Future of Health Care in Ireland

Motion no
44
Biennial Delegate Conference 2017
This conference, noting: The welcome establishment, in the Programme for Government, of a special, All Party, Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Health Care. The Congress submission to that committee, made in October 2016, which clearly called for the...
Adopted
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