Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) Ireland's only Disabled Persons Representative Organisation working with and on behalf of Physically Disabled/Impaired people
Joined July 2021
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Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
"The emotion I carried most leaving was probably guilt...I felt guilty leaving these patients behind."
Trauma and Vascular Surgeon @McmonagleMorgan speaks to @miriamocal about working in Gaza treating victims of Israeli strikes, many of whom are children.
@rtenews | #rtept
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
#rtept 483 convictions ,483 convictions,483 convictions ,483 convictions,483 convictions ,483 convictions,483 convictions ,483 convictions.......
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
Today Is #WorldAutismAwarenessDay - I Will Be Meeting The Parents & #Carers Of Neurodivergent Children Denied Their Basic Human Right To Education & Supports In Ireland - We Are Breach Of Obligations Under The #UNCRPD & Constitution - Reinstate #Disability Matters Committee Now!
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
A Galway Fianna Fáil councillor was: twice convicted of failing to file tax returns; ruled to have underdeclared tens of thousands of euro in VAT; and has judgments of more than €30,000 registered against him.
ontheditch.com/fianna-fail-c…
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
Around 200 parents will spend the night outside Leinster House in protest over the shortage of appropriate school places for autistic children. A new As I Am report finds most parents feel their children don’t get the same chance as non-autistic students.
More on #VMNews.
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
Don’t forget folks this is on this Saturday! If your child has Spina Bifida and/or hydrocephalus, scoliosis or any complex orthopaedic conditions this is definitely worth attending. The people speaking are an absolute wealth of knowledge.
Join us for a special conference:
•Date: Saturday, 5th April
•Time: 11am – 4pm
•Location: O’Moore Suite, Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
Agenda 11am-4pm, more speakers to be confirmed
Speakers:
🎤🧠Ms Benedetta Pettorini, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Alder hey Hospital, UK
🎤Mr Jonathan Spilsbury, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Birmingham’s Children’s Hospital, UK
🎤Claire Cahill/Michelle Long- Scoliosis Advocacy Network
🎤Amanda Coughlan/Úna Keightley-Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group
⚖️🎤Mr. Raymond Bradley, Senior Counsel of Malcomson Law
👥🎤Parents panel & discussion
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
If the Head of the HSE is going to post about child disability services parents should be allowed reply. Why does @BernardGloster not allow replies is he afraid parents might challenge him? @CarrollJennifer
@davidcullinane @DuncanSmithTD @LiamQuaide @TomClonan
I was encouraged today leading Day 1 of 3 direct engagements with me on making immediate improvements to children’s disability services. 200+ professionals from all over Ireland @HSELive & funded partners debating tough questions about ourselves as service providers. Same tomorrow with another group and then day 3 with parents. We need all children’s services in HSE working together Disability Primary Care CAMHS. @dcediy @NormaFoleyTD1 @1Hildegarde @CarrollJennifer @MaryButlerTD Massive challenges for children and families but we can do better. This process is part of our commitment in Programme for Government
Hello Mr @BernardGloster. Why wasn't our Disabled Persons' Representative Organisation (DPRO) for physically impaired people of every age NOT invited by you and your team to these 'direct engagements'?
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) is not a DPRO for 'children of a lesser God'
I was encouraged today leading Day 1 of 3 direct engagements with me on making immediate improvements to children’s disability services. 200+ professionals from all over Ireland @HSELive & funded partners debating tough questions about ourselves as service providers. Same tomorrow with another group and then day 3 with parents. We need all children’s services in HSE working together Disability Primary Care CAMHS. @dcediy @NormaFoleyTD1 @1Hildegarde @CarrollJennifer @MaryButlerTD Massive challenges for children and families but we can do better. This process is part of our commitment in Programme for Government
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
Strange @BernardGloster ... we were promised a seat in this room.
I was encouraged today leading Day 1 of 3 direct engagements with me on making immediate improvements to children’s disability services. 200+ professionals from all over Ireland @HSELive & funded partners debating tough questions about ourselves as service providers. Same tomorrow with another group and then day 3 with parents. We need all children’s services in HSE working together Disability Primary Care CAMHS. @dcediy @NormaFoleyTD1 @1Hildegarde @CarrollJennifer @MaryButlerTD Massive challenges for children and families but we can do better. This process is part of our commitment in Programme for Government
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) is supposedly one of Ireland's leading service providers and representative organisations for people with physical disabilities.
IWA does NOT represent our Disabled Persons' Representative Organisation for physically impaired people & never has!
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
This is how @MichealMartinTD treats parent carers 👇
We ask simple questions about his Disability Unit and we are met with
❌️ No
When we appeal that refusal we are ignored
So on we go to @OICIreland
He had plenty to say about Unit to @OCO_ireland - why not to us parents?
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
But the true Disabled Persons Representative Organisation (DPRO) for people with physical impairments Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) @IrelandPhysical is highlighting this issue on a weekly basis unlike yourselves and they don't get one cent funding from the state. A true voice
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
Join us for a special conference:
•Date: Saturday, 5th April
•Time: 11am – 4pm
•Location: O’Moore Suite, Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
@SBH_PAG
Agenda 11am-4pm, more speakers to be confirmed
Speakers:
🎤🧠Ms Benedetta Pettorini, Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Alder hey Hospital, UK
🎤Mr Jonathan Spilsbury, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Birmingham’s Children’s Hospital, UK
🎤Claire Cahill/Michelle Long- Scoliosis Advocacy Network
🎤Amanda Coughlan/Úna Keightley-Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group
⚖️🎤Mr. Raymond Bradley, Senior Counsel of Malcomson Law
👥🎤Parents panel & discussion
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
Another child was removed from the Scoliosis list without being informed.😡
independent.ie/regionals/ker……
“We have very little contact from Crumlin. I rang looking for information and asked where is Daniel on the list. We were told that he isn’t on the list. The way she put it was that he was listed for surgery, but he is not on the list for surgery,” Louise said.
National Treatment Purchase Fund must audit these cases - we have consistently raised concerns about wait list management in @CHI_Ireland with CEO NTPF.
@CarrollJennifer @SBH_PAG
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
There is huge discrimination in Ireland against people with disabilities, intellectual & physical, in healthcare, education, employment, housing, advocacy, in every way possible. Access, transport, toileting, parking spaces, disability allowance & indirectly carer’s allowance.
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
How much longer will it take for @CarrollJennifer to issue a statement on the NHS Consultant’s Report?
More importantly how long will it take for the parents of the children in the “80% cohort of unnecessary operations” to be contacted?
This is utterly shocking
@CHI_Ireland
@HSELive
@MaryLouMcDonald
@PearseDoherty
@davidcullinane
Physical Impairment Ireland (PII) DPRO retweeted
This is every parent’s nightmare. The prospect that hip operations were unnecessarily carried out on very young children is shocking.
Hundreds of parents this morning are sick with worry that their child was put through the trauma of surgery that wasn’t needed.
These parents deserve answers and the full truth. We will stand with them until they get it.
