Responding to comments made by the Chair of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said security of tenure should not just be available for renters who can pay the most. Outlining provisions of Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill that would restrict the grounds on which a person could be evicted from their…

Labour spokesperson on Further and Higher Education, Senator Annie Hoey has today (Thursday 13th October) demanded immediate Government action on the escalating student accommodation crisis and the soaring cost-of-living for students. Speaking following the walkout organised by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Senator Hoey said: “Further and higher education is too important to…

Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan has demanded government produce the AG advice on the emergency eviction ban by the end of this week. Without an emergency eviction ban and a time-limited rent freeze, Senator Moynihan said homelessness will continue to rise. Senator Moynihan said: “It’s the middle of October now, almost a month after the…

Speaking in the Dáil today, Labour leader and climate spokesperson Ivana Bacik TD urged Government to consider nationalising the Corrib gas field. With many households fearful of spiralling gas and electricity costs over the bleak winter ahead, Deputy Bacik said that families and individuals need immediate relief on their energy bills. Deputy Bacik said: “Two…

Labour health spokesperson Duncan Smith said today (12th October) demanded that the government must put in place an immediate timeline and guarantee a process for engagement with workers in the community and voluntary sector. The call comes following the government waving through Labour motion calling for pay rises for community and voluntary sector workers Deputy…

Leader of the Labour Party and Chairperson of the Gender Equality Committee Ivana Bacik TD has welcomed the affirmation by An Taoiseach of the Government’s commitment to hold a referendum on recommendations 1-3 of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality to delete sexist language from the Constitution, recognise a more inclusive definition of family and…

Labour spokesperson for Workers Rights, Senator Marie Sherlock has today (Wednesday, 12th October) said that the amount of workers stuck on the minimum wage for four or more years is utterly shocking and insisted that Government can show a lead by paying all state employees a living wage now, not by 2026. Speaking at the…

Taoiseach unable to answer questions regarding licensees Raising the operation of the renters tax credit with An Taoiseach today, Labour Leader Ivana Bacik called for clarity as to who qualifies for the benefit. Deputy Bacik said people who have renting on the basis of a licence rather than a standard tenancy are none the wiser…