News – The Labour Party €152m for 2,000 additional nurses and midwives in 2027. €25m to extend free GP care to children aged 8 to 12. €100m for a national locum service to reduce reliance on agency staffing. Labour health spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has today called on Government to cut healthcare costs for families,…

News – The Labour Party €400 Energy Credits and one million plug-in solar units to drive down household energy bills Index tax bands and credits and deliver a fair public sector pay deal Declare war on child poverty with a new second tier Child Benefit The Labour Party published its Alternative Budget today, A Future…

News – The Labour PartyLabour housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD  has today called on Government to strengthen enforcement of the Vacant Homes Tax and fund councils to bring empty properties across Ireland back into use. Responding to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s findings that low declaration rates limit the tax’s effect, Deputy Sheehan urged the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Duncan Smith TD has called on the Taoiseach and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers to put forward a credible public sector pay proposal and begin meaningful negotiations immediately. Raising the dispute in the Dáil today, Deputy Smith challenged Government’s delays as more than 100,000 public and civil servants begin…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Marie Sherlock, TD for Dublin Central, has today welcomed the decision by Dublin City Council to indefinitely defer its plans for a bin bag ban in the North Inner City. Deputy Sherlock said: “I welcome the news that Dublin City Council is to indefinitely defer its plans for a bin…

News – The Labour Party If Britain can act on goods and services in illegal settlements, why won’t Ireland? Labour calls for publication of the Attorney General’s advice on excluding services. Labour foreign affairs spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has called on Government to publish the advice behind its decision to exclude services from the Occupied…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Climate Spokesperson, Ciarán Ahern TD, has said that resourcing and capacity issues in state bodies and local authorities need to be addressed to speed up delivery of climate mitigation issues. Deputy Ahern, part of whose Dublin South-West constituency was severely flooded earlier this year, has warned Government that failure to…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has called on the Irish and British Governments to take urgent steps to prevent an Orange Order parade from proceeding along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. Raising the issue with the Taoiseach in the Dáil today, Deputy Bacik said residents had described their fear and distress…