The country's biggest children's hospital is asking staff to take unpaid leave as it tries to find €6m in savings.
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin, has been forced to reduce the number of operations it carries out because of a funding cut. Now it has asked its workers to take a break in the summer.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) gave the hospital a financial allocation of €137.9m this year, down 4pc on the 2008 figure.
Yet Harney is giving consultants €60K PA more!!!!!!!

Full story here.

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Makes you wonder how much was blown on 'advice' for the mythical World Class Children's Hospital on Bertie's beloved Mater site.

That's incorrect. The heart-ops budget wasn't cut.

The hospital's budget was cut and they decided that letting children die was preferable to reducing absenteeism or ('insert wastage here').

Absenteeism - 5% of hospital hours lost

It still doesn't make it right to give consultants an extra 60K for 4 hours a week!

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Consultants are overpaid in Ireland I agree but there was allot more involved in those contracts than just 4 hours a week and you know (or should know) it.

I don't care! They are paid well over the odds as it is. No-one should support this salary increase in anyway whatsoever IMHO.

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