News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has today demanded that the Taoiseach commit to a statutory public inquiry into the failings at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) for children with scoliosis and spinal bifida. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil, Deputy Bacik said urgent action is needed to ensure that the families…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking following the publication of the HIQA report today, Labour TD for Tipperary North Alan Kelly said: “The decision by then Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to ask HIQA to review hospital services in the Mid West was a political decision to get his then Government through the impending General Election….

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Conor Sheehan TD for Limerick has today responded to the stark HIQA report on University Hospital Limerick (UHL), which has told the Minister for Health she must either expand the existing hospital, provide a new support hospital, or build a completely new hospital for the Mid-West to address chronic overcrowding….

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has today responded to the latest Daft.ie housing report, which once again lays bare the extent of Ireland’s worsening housing crisis. The report highlights a 7% gap between listed asking prices and market prices, average prices almost 6% higher than a year ago, and the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Health Spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has welcomed the announcement of an inquiry into scolosis and spina bifida care in Ireland. However, Deputy Sherlock warned that transparency and respect for the process will be crucial to the review and to the outcomes. Deputy Sherlock said: “Huge credit must go to the…

News – The Labour Party 147 patients left on trolley in UHL Labour’s Conor Sheehan TD in Limerick has slammed Government inaction on the ongoing trolley crisis, following the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) report today revealing that 147 people are on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick (UHL). With the winter and flu season…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Environment Spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD has today responded to a damning report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), which found Ireland’s natural environment is in “very poor condition”. The report highlighted that 85 per cent of protected habitats and almost one third of protected species have an unfavourable status, while…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has called for immediate Government action following the publication of the August homeless figures today, which show that a record 16,353 people are in emergency accommodation, including 5,145 children. Deputy Sheehan said these figures confirm that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are failing in their…