Terry Dignan

Adversity is the first path to truth.

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

The 126X has just left Connolly Station empty, while a queue waits for a bus to Naas. Around 12,000 people travel from Naas to Dublin every day.
@DarraghOBrienTD

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

https://t.co/e0qHNlvCk9

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

@atrupar @LarrySabato This from a guy who has shown time and time again that he is both crooked and stupid!

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

Psychiatrists’ body cannot endorse new State autism protocol – The Irish Times https://t.co/cjVqVdmEEX

[Gareth Noble @GarNob]

Just received a service statement from a client whose child met the definition of disability following an assessment of need - and who has been advised in writing that there will be no services or interventions for that child before November 2033!!
Immediate action is needed to vindicate the rights of such children

[Gareth Noble @GarNob]

Thanks to ⁦@thejournal_ie⁩ for helping highlight serious reversal of children’s rights under the leadership of ⁦@NormaFoleyTD1⁩
Child law advocates 'taking legal advice' over new state service (via @thejournal_ie) https://t.co/d11DxXYx2i

[Chris Wild @ccwild79]

This is old, but it’s still relevant because nothing has changed. In fact, things have only got worse. We now have more illegal care homes housing our most vulnerable children than ever before. More children and young people in the care system are being abused, groomed into criminal gangs, exploited by predators, and tragically, too many are taking their own lives.
I’ll say it again — this is the worst it has ever been.
https://t.co/xtEemqT3hL

[Chris Wild @ccwild79]

I get young people from our care system reaching out to me every single week about discrimination. Young people forced to live like second-class citizens because society has decided that’s all they’re entitled to.

I’ve just come back from Europe delivering the same message, people think it’s not their problem, but it will be when we lose a whole generation of young people through social neglect.

The cost of ignoring this crisis runs into billions.

But by investing in young people properly — education, employment, safe housing, opportunity — we don’t just change lives, we save billions too. That’s real social impact.

The question is not whether we can afford to act — it’s whether we can afford not to.

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

@rgarbra84 @GarNob @rte I don't recognize the care staff in this scenario. Those I work with in the voluntary sector go above and beyond to keep children in school, maintain connection with family and get the best possible outcome for every child. We're not funded to purchase iPhones or fast food

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

@DeptCDE €10.3 million to refurbish Dublin Civic offices on Wood Quay, a year before they're due to be demolished.

€600,000 for children

Says it all really!
#bettergovernment
#childrenincare

[Gareth Noble @GarNob]

Opening up my first email of the day and it’s confirmation from the HSE that a little four year old boy who has very defined needs after assessment will be given his first OT appointment in June 2030!!!

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

@GarNob @dianeh116 The system isn't just broken - there is no system!

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

@fiannafailparty @MichealMartinTD Ambition, imagination and creativity have been singularly absent from Fianna Fail in any approach to social policy.

The crisis in our care system is just one of many examples of the lack of appropriate planning and investment that has led to a continuing failure of our children

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

Food Reviews
Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: ‘The bill for our Michelin-starred lunch came to €350 – which, all things considered, was an absolute snip’

This is the just the kind of tone deaf squeaking we need in a cost of living crisis

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

It would be refreshing to see a senior Irish politician speaking to the media without the now permanent coterie of solemn looking noddy's straining to get into frame

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

Alan Kelly's argument can be applied equally to children's social care in Ireland. What is being called a crisis for in our care system could also be called a national emergency, and needs to be treated as such by the government
#childrenincare

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

@caulmick Every second civil servant in France has onr

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@KildareCoCo

What is the purpose of bus shelters that don't actually provide shelter?

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

@DarraghOBrienTD Now two have arrived together!?😂👏

[Terry Dignan @DignanTerry]

@DarraghOBrienTD Now waiting an hour at Connolly station, Friday rush hour for a bus - crazy!?