The Department of Finance issued an over-arching consultation on the Financial Context for Revenue Raising which asked a series of questions looking for feedback around other revenue raising measures which could be considered, the potential for cuts or reductions in other services and ways that services could be delivered differently.  Siobhán prepared a response to this consultation stating that the Women’s Regional Consortium had no suggestions to make in these areas and making the point that it was not appropriate for us to do so.  We again reiterated the points made in the Hospital Parking Charges consultation that many women are struggling to pay for essentials and could little afford to pay additional charges of any kind.

You can read the full response to this consultation here.