Newsletter - IMPACT members' e-bulletin - Friday 10th October 2014 Issue 29

Friday 10th October 2014

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IMPACT launches Head Space booklet

IMPACT’s Education division launched its Head Space booklet on Wednesday (8^th October), a guide to mental health and services aimed at second level students.

Initially proposed by Mary Keating, a special needs assistant with the South Dublin/South Leinster SNA branch, and inspired by Kinsale Youth Services Head Space initiative, the booklet aims to provide essential information on a wide range of mental health issues with information on support services.

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In this issue

IMPACT launches Head Space booklet

IMPACT welcomes HSE’s report on National Community Healthcare Organisations

South Dublin staff ballot in favour of LRC proposals

ICTU wants investment and warns on tax

TASC pre-budget analysis warns against tax cuts for high earners

Irish Times focuses on Living Wage

Also in this issue

Good yield from Coillte deal

Dublin Hospitals’ branch information event

Progress on legislation to replace REAs

ITUC calls for investment-led recovery

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NEWS

IMPACT welcomes HSE’s report on National Community Healthcare Organisations
by Niall Shanahan

IMPACT has welcomed the launch of the HSE’s report on national community healthcare organisations. The report, published on Wednesday (8^th October) sets out the new structures under which non-hospital health services will be organised and managed. Community healthcare services will include primary care, social care (for older people and people living with disability), mental health and health & wellbeing.

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South Dublin staff ballot in favour of LRC proposals
by Niall Shanahan

Staff at South Dublin County Council have voted in favour of a set of Labour Relations Commission (LRC) proposals, introduced in September, designed to resolve the dispute over acting up arrangements in the local authority.

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BUDGET 2015

ICTU wants investment and warns on tax
by Bernard Harbor

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has urged the Government to allocate an extra €400 million to social housing, household benefits and mental health services next year. Its pre-budget submission also calls for a reduction in water charges for households earning less than €80,000 a year, and proposes the introduction of refundable tax credits to ease the tax burden on low-income families.

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TASC pre-budget analysis warns against tax cuts for high earners
by Niall Shanahan

The independent progressive think-tank, TASC, has focused its pre-budget analysis on sustainable tax revenue and has said that it’s possible to create a more equal society while managing the public finances prudently and promoting job creation. TASC has warned that inequitable tax cuts for high earners will undermine health, social housing and other vital public services.

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Irish Times focuses on Living Wage
by Niall Shanahan

The Irish Times has focused on the issue of a Living Wage in a special series of articles published last month. The series includes a report that Tánaiste Joan Burton has encouraged public and private sector employers to sign up to paying a “living wage” for workers as the economy begins to grow.

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