As a non-profit home care provider established in 1996, providing essential home support services across Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon, RHS Home Care Cooperative is deeply concerned about the exclusion of over 2500 workers from a critical healthcare pay deal agreed upon late last year.
As a member of the National Community Care Network (NCCN), we have issued the below national press release to highlight what we perceive as a breach of trust and fairness.
𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘆, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 – 𝗥𝗛𝗦 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲
“𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗥𝗖 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗦𝗘 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟯𝟵 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟯𝟵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟯𝟵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟯𝟵 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗥𝗖 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗦𝗘 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟯𝟵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀, 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗥𝗖 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟯𝟵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳; 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟯𝟵.
𝗥𝗛𝗦 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗖𝗖𝗡 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗦𝗘 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝟯𝟵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀.”
The staff in our community deserve recognition and support for their essential work.
We urge the Department of Health and the HSE to reconsider and include all home care workers in the pay deal to ensure fairness and equity.
