Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
SIPTU have escalated the campaign in opposition to the HSE’s Pay and Number Strategy with further protests today highlighting member concerns that the policy will have a detrimental impact on services. One of the protests took place today at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.
SIPTU Organiser, Luke Bell, representing SIPTU members in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, said “Our members are deeply frustrated at the lack of recruitment in certain areas of the hospital; and are concerned about the potential impact on services. It’s clear to them that the HSE’s policy on recruitment is not fit for purpose and places an effective embargo on the recruitment of staff.”
Mr Bell concluded “We believe that this policy needs to be reversed, so we can have meaningful, local engagement with the employer to resolve recruitment issues where they are arising.”
SIPTU have escalated the campaign in opposition to the HSE’s Pay and Number Strategy with further protests today highlighting member concerns that the policy will have a detrimental impact on services. One of the protests took place today at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.
SIPTU Organiser, Luke Bell, representing SIPTU members in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, said “Our members are deeply frustrated at the lack of recruitment in certain areas of the hospital; and are concerned about the potential impact on services. It’s clear to them that the HSE’s policy on recruitment is not fit for purpose and places an effective embargo on the recruitment of staff.”
Mr Bell concluded “We believe that this policy needs to be reversed, so we can have meaningful, local engagement with the employer to resolve recruitment issues where they are arising.”
