Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2016 Detailed Scrutiny Opening statement of Brendan Howlin TD  AGREED APPROACH IN TACKLING ROGUE CRISIS PREGNANCY ‘COUNSELLORS’  30th March 2017, 9:00 am  I am grateful to the Committee for inviting me to make a statement. Members will recall that this initiative was taken…

Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin today attended a meeting of all member parties of the Party of European Socialists (PES), to discuss in detail ways of revising the fiscal rules of the Stability and Growth Pact to allow for greater public investment. Commenting after the working group meeting, Deputy Howlin said: “The rules that govern…

Senator Ged Nash has said that legislation from government on precarious work must comply with ‘the letter and spirit’ of the University of Limerick proposals he published in government.  Government legislation designed to improve the working conditions of employees in precarious work is expected in a matter of days. Senator Nash said: “Making work pay…

Labour Tipperary TD and vice chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Alan Kelly, has expressed concern about an interim report highlighting financial irregularities at the Garda training college in Templemore. Deputy Kelly commented: “This report raises a number of concerns, not least the time it’s taken to publish it, given that these issues go back…

Labour spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has criticised Minister for Housing, Simon Coveney for excluding Limerick, Waterford and Drogheda from rent pressure zones. “Yet again, we see that Limerick, Waterford and Drogheda have not been included in the next round of rent pressure zones announced by the Minister for Housing today. “This is disastrous…

Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is continuing his campaign for appropriate investment in the Emergency Department in Beaumont Hospital with a public meeting in Donaghmede Inn on Thursday evening the 30th of March at 8pm. “I have been campaigning for increased investment in the Beaumont Hospital’s Emergency Department for a number of years. “On the…

Speaking in Brussels, Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin has today said that the triggering of Article 50 by the United Kingdom will usher in years of uncertainty, and  Ireland must prepare now with concrete actions for all possible outcomes. Deputy Howlin said: “With the formal Brexit process now underway, and no certainty on what the…

Labour Spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has expressed her disappointment that the second interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes won’t be published on schedule, by the end of this week. Minister Katherine Zappone confirmed the delay in response to a Parliamentary Question by Deputy O’Sullivan…