Aisling took time out of her campaign today to join frontline workers on the protest at Portlaoise General Hospital.
This is no stunt or political bandwagoning - Aisling has been going out on this issue for months prior to the election campaign and has numerous Council motions to her credit on the issue - chronic staffing shortages and unfilled vacancies, recruitment embargoes at a time that the Government maintains it's awash with money is not only poor policy, it's failed policy, it's dangerous policy- dangerous for patients and staff!
The Taoiseach offers sympathy, when what's required is staff. He speaks of The Rain Day Fund - the Rainy Day is here in the health services, they are creaking at the seams.
Aisling knows this first hand. Her wife Fiona quit nursing - as she says herself, she was 'sick of it', the stress and the low pay, no stall and no supports.
Read Aisling's statement below.
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