News – The Labour PartySenator Ged Nash has said that the youth rate (sub-minima rate) for National Minimum wage should be scrapped. He was responding to the publication of a report by the Low Pay Commission on the issue. He said, “I commissioned the Low Pay Commission to undertake a study on the application of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly has said the Government must do more to cut red tape on the Fair Deal scheme. “While I welcome Minister McEntee’s committment that she will open up consultation on a new statutory home care scheme, her announcement on national media this evening that it…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking in the Dáil on ‘Statements on Northern Ireland’ Tuesday 17th January 2017. Check against delivery. Taoiseach, Last evening, the Assembly in Northern Ireland fell, and elections are now underway. The political crisis over cash for ash has driven a wedge between the two governing parties. Over recent weeks, we have…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on transport, Brendan Ryan TD, has called on the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, to ensure that the report on Bus Éireann by Grant Thornton is published, and clarity provided to both the travelling public and the workers on the future of Expressway and Bus Éireann. “It is critical…

News – The Labour PartyThe mystery surrounding the funding of accelerated pay restoration makes a mockery of the estimates process, according to Labour Party leader, Brendan Howlin, T.D. “Responding to my questions in the Dáil today, the Taoiseach confirmed that accelerated pay restoration for public servants will cost in the region of €120m this year,…

News – The Labour PartyThe construction industry has begun to go crazy again. Since the foundation of the State there has never been more than than 100 units of student accommodation in my constituency of Dublin Central.  But in the last two years alone, 3,300 units have received planning permission and most are under construction….

News – The Labour PartyLabour leader Brendan Howlin has today pledged the support of the Labour Party to our colleagues in the SDLP, as they begin an election campaign that will conclude on March 2nd. “Over recent weeks, we have seen a scandal caused by the DUP bring Stormont to a shuddering halt. Sinn Féin,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on Education, Joan Burton TD has welcomed the statement from the Minister today that he will hold a public consultation on changing admissions policy to remove the baptism barrier. However she said that urgency was sadly lacking from his announcement and that the Government and Fianna Fáil have…