\u201cThe two tier public\/private healthcare system is at the crux of the problems in Irish
healthcare and Sinn F\u00e9in has long campaigned for its end. I welcome South Dublin
County Council\u2019s support for this position today.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly the establishment of a new single-tier healthcare system with access for all
based on medical need alone can truly get rid of the inequalities that have infested our
current system and led to scandals such as that at Tallaght hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor that to happen we need to see a move away from the conservative political
parties and the emergence of a new era of progressive politics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tallaght based Sinn F\u00e9in Councillor Se\u00e1n Crowe has welcomed the passing of a
motion at today\u2019s council meeting which calls on Health Minister Mary Harney to
resign or be sacked before another health crisis emerges.<\/p>\n
The motion passed today (full text below) also deplored the failure in Tallaght
Hospital to read thousands of x-rays and to process thousands of GP referral
letters and called for an end to the two-tier public\/private hospital system and the
development of a new single-tier system with access for all based on medical need
alone.<\/p>\n
Speaking after today\u2019s Council meeting Councillor Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI welcome the passing of today\u2019s motion. The motion calls for the resignation or
sacking of Mary Harney as Minister for Health before another health crisis emerges.
I put down this motion three months ago. In the meantime the scandal at Lourdes
Hospital has emerged. How many more crises need to emerge before this Minister
resigns or is forced from her position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}