The Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis opened in Dublin yesterday evening (24th April 2015) at the RDS, with its new childcare policy taking centre stage.
It runs from Friday 24 to Saturday 25 April with Fianna Fáil’s new childcare policy being officially launched on the first evening.
Around 3,000 delegates are expected to attend over the weekend.
Party leader, Micheál Martin, gave his opening address on Friday evening.
In his speech to the 76th Árd Fheis, he thanked the delegates and pledged that health would be “a major issue” for the party in the upcoming election.
“We want a fundamental shift in policy towards primary and community care, taking pressure off acute hospitals and providing home care and therapy supports which are too often impossible to access. We want to move all hospitals to a 7-day working basis and address areas of chronic under-provision,” he said.
See the full article by Marése O’Sullivan on the UTV website
