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Slane by pass, Budget 2012

The Slane by-pass will not be proceeding and it is unlikely that it was ever even on the cards under the previous government according to a former Fianna Fail Minister. The Minister has told Slane News:

“We were trying to get councillors elected and so we said what we had to say”.

Many people were hoodwinked by Fianna Fail promises; however, the Slane by-pass was never a priority for Fianna Fail at any level, other than trying to get their politicians elected.

It is no real surprise to the people of Slane that the by-pass is not going forward, but it is a disappointment to those who believed the promises of Fianna Fail politicians.

Slane is presently having significant social problems and one politician has said that Slane has one of the highest social welfare dependency rates in the country, he said:

“It is no wonder we can’t pay for a by-pass when there are so many claiming lone parent, the dole and other social welfare payments in Slane. In recent weeks we have seen the emergency services attacked by drunken mobs of unemployed youths, while their parents are lying drunk in the local pubs. I think Slane has more to worry about than a by-pass”.

The Government has prioritised important projects such as the Children’s Hospital; however, it is unlikely that the Government will spend any further money on Slane which is seen as a financial liability due to the high rates of social welfare claimants and the continued lawlessness in the village.

Budget 2012

No easy way forward. That was the message from Finance Minister Michael Noonan last week as he unveiled the government's Medium-Term Fiscal Statement which will chart the road ahead for Ireland over the next four years.

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The government plans a total of almost €12.5 billion worth of austerity measures during that time as it looks to reduce the country's indebtedness at the same time as cutting our growth forecast from 2.5 per cent to 1.6 per cent. These 'adjustments', as they are politely called in Upper Merrion Street, account for about eight per cent of the economy - and follow previous spending cuts and tax rises of over €20 billion imposed on the citizens of this country since the steam began leaking from the economy in 2008.

The key points of the Dept of Finance's forecast are cuts on €3.8 billion in 2012, with the further measures totalling over €12bn between now and 2015 - €7.75bn of which will come from spending reductions and €4.65bn from revenue-raising measures. This 2012 target is larger than the €3.6 billion the government signaled earlier this year, saying the new figure was necessary to ensure compliance with the deficit target agreed with the EU/ECB/IMF troika.

However, even after enduring a further four years of austerity, the imbalance between what the State takes in and what it spends will still be over €5 billion by 2015. The likelihood is that it will take until close to the end of this decade - another nine years - until Ireland's books are balanced, unless there is some unexpected economic miracle in the interim.

It is the lack of any strategy from Government Buildings for economic growth, job creation or any semblance of a stimulus to help restore consumer confidence that is almost as disappointing as the realisation that we are far from out of the woods in Ireland. Neither is there any certainty for consumers and taxpayers about how taxation measures might be introduced over the next few years and how this might affect them. As a opposition spokesperson pointed out in the wake of the launch of the government forecast last week, without a clear and coherent plan for economic renewal, the task of achieving the public finance targets will be all the more difficult.

It appears Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his ministers are banking on our outperforming export sector to provide the boost needed to the economy, but even that is now being jeopardised by the slowdown taking hold in the rest of the world. Slowing global economic growth is likely to complicate Ireland's efforts to cut its debt. The euro-area economy, in particular, is struggling and likely to be heading into a 'mild recession'.

However, all this is academic in the real world of the domestic economy, where a feeling of helplessness and a crisis of confidence still continues to hold people in an iron grip. Consumer confidence remains on the floor, with those lucky enough to still have jobs fearful about spending any cash they have saved. The consequence of this is that retailers and other small businesses do not know from one week to the next whether or not they will be able to keep their doors open and staff employed. It is a frightening scenario that threatens to visit long-term damage upon towns the length and breadth of Ireland unless action is taken to assist small businesses in these hard times.

Eight respected economists surveyed recently now expect retail sales to fall 2.25 per cent again this year, compared to a drop of 1.9 per cent previously, and sales are set to drop a further 0.8 per cent in 2012. This bleaker outlook for domestic demand may well discourage the government from further austerity measures, but what people want to see - and have not yet seen - is a credible plan to restore consumer confidence. The only way this can happen, in reality, is for the employment situation to improve. But can a government struggling with such a massive debt burden give the labour market the boost it so desperately craves?

As more people slip into the ranks of the long-term unemployed, it is a situation which threatens to produce lasting economic and social problems. The bottom line for the government is that households need to be incentivised to spend through targeting the labour market with initiatives to take people off the dole queues. Only then can there be the necessary injection of confidence which will see more money in circulation and demand for goods increasing.

Navan Hospital, Peadar Toibin, Meath Chronicle

An investment of €725,710 in the Louth-Meath Hospital Group in a bid to fight unprecedented levels of overcrowding at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda will see the provision of additional beds at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan.

The Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, announced the funding boost through the Special Delivery Unit for a range of measures to tackle overcrowding in Drogheda, where a record 58 patients had been waiting on trolleys one day last month.

The measures include increasing beds available in Our Lady's Hospital and the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, as well as further measures in the community.

An additional 28 non-acute beds are to be provided in Navan and Dundalk along with 27 non-acute beds in the community and a further eight beds in Drogheda.

The acute Medical Admissions Unit will be extended to operate 18 hours a day seven days a week and five additional long-term beds are to be organised.

Additional assisted discharge packages, including home help, home care and funding for aids and appliances, will also be provided.

The funding will last until the 31st December this year and it is expected that the measures will stay in place in January of 2012 with funding from the HSE.

The measures have been welcomed by Deputy Peadar Tóibin, chairman of the Save Navan Hospital Campaign, who had called for a HIQA investigation into overcrowding in Drogheda.

"We welcome this and hope that it goes some way to alleviating the problem. However, we will monitor this situation over the coming weeks to ensure that people are not left waiting on trolleys," he said.

The TD pointed out that there had been between 45 and 55 patients on trolleys and chairs in Our Lady of Lourdes in recent weeks.

"This is the highest number of inpatients without beds in any hospital in this State. In a further recent development, three patients and an unspecified number of staff in Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda, were screened for TB two weeks ago. The enormous pressure on the emergency department represents a clear threat to patient safety and welfare," he said.

He said government plans to close the A&E in Navan were ludicrous in their own right and should not not be even countenanced in the face of such overcrowding in Drogheda.

He recalled that, a year ago this week, 10,000 people marched in Navan in protest at the closure of surgery in Navan.