by The Advocate | Oct 8, 2023 | news
Ireland now has 518,000 unpaid carers saving the state €20 Billion we must support these carers with a fair package of measures in Budget 2024
by The Advocate | Oct 7, 2023 | news
As the Government plan this weeks budget with a surplus of €9.6 Billion they should reflect on the figures published below by the CSO as a result of the 2022 census . Carers and people with disabilities urgently require weekly support of €350 per week , this figure...
by The Advocate | May 23, 2023 | B4gmedia, news
The Department of Health has failed in alone of its key goals to deliver CAMHS services with nearly 600 children waiting over a year for a first appointment and indications that 2023 will be considerably worst .
by The Advocate | Apr 13, 2023 | B4gmedia, news
The HSE have created a service review merry go round for clients with autism who are approved for the appointment of a Case Manager sine 2021 by instructing day care services staff to carry out reviews of their service needs while the HSE fail to hire Case Managers as a direct result of their struggling HR system resulting in no appropriate interventions and service provision taking place .
by The Advocate | Feb 23, 2023 | B4gmedia, news, Talent
Following on strong feedback from our subscriber base we have created a new Talent Acquisition Service finding top talent for the disability and healthcare sectors . People with disabilities are suffering significantly from staff shortages across these sectors with...
by The Advocate | Sep 25, 2022 | news
Some startling facts and figures around carers and the cost of caring interns of health impacts ,physical burden, emotional burn0out loss of opportunity and financial loss. Expectations on carers continue to grow with 7 in 10 carers doing much more as a result of the...
by The Advocate | Jun 25, 2022 | Uncategorised
As Businesses run out of workers they are reducing hours or closing down for days rather than examine the rich talent pool that exist within the disability community .
by The Advocate | Jun 23, 2022 | news, Uncategorised
I have been a TD since 2020 and I have been deeply struck by the lack of services and the pace of delivery for children with autism , although there has been considerable progress there is clearly more to do and significantly more to do on the provision of therapeutic services .
by The Advocate | Jun 2, 2022 | news
The Joint Committee on Autism has started to look at issues as they relate to people with autism and their families .The matters that the committee is looking at relate to the services and support provided by the State for autistic people and the committee is to...
by The Advocate | May 9, 2022 | news
What chance have people with disabilities got ? What chance have carers got ? Living with a disability or caring for someone with a disability is a 24/7- 365 days a year job. With inflation running at 8% and a cost of living emergency resulting in people having to...
