Commission recommendations align with Party’s call for a renewed focus on taxes on wealth Responding to the publication of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare’s report, Labour Finance Spokesperson Ged Nash said: “The Tax and Welfare Commission report is an honest, independent assessment of how our taxation and welfare system needs to be reorientated and…

Questioning the Taoiseach in the Dáil today, Labour leader Ivana Bacik said people need State intervention to tackle spiralling energy prices. Urging Government to take a three-pronged approach to safeguard against huge bills, Deputy Bacik said radical thinking is needed, calling for consideration of the nationalisation of the Corrib gas field. Deputy Bacik said: “Emergency…

The Labour Party has demanded that the Government acts to ensure that the terms of an Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the security industry is honoured in full following a High Court injunction being secured in August by a small group of employers against the measure. Speaking following a meeting in Leinster House organised by…

Labour Party spokesperson on employment rights Marie Sherlock has tonight (13th September) said the proposed increase in the minimum wage amounts to a real cut in wages for the lowest paid as we face double digit inflation . The six month wait to January 2023 is simply intolerable as more and more people face poverty…

Speaking at a Tom Johnson commemoration event in Clontarf, Dublin today (Sunday, 11th September), Labour leader Ivana Bacik called for radical action to be taken by Government to address the cost of living crisis, the energy crisis and the housing crisis. Deputy Bacik said: “As we mark the 150th anniversary of Tom Johnson’s birth and…

Labour Party Finance spokesperson Ged Nash has called on the Central Bank to urgently intervene and inform both Ulster Bank and KBC they need to extend their timelines for exiting the Irish retail banking market. Commenting on the publication by the Central Bank of data showing the number of new accounts opening and the account closure rate in Ulster Bank and KBC, Deputy Nash said: “The publication today by the Central Bank of data…

Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik TD said: “We extend our deep sympathies to the people of the United Kingdom on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with her family and the British people at this time. “We in Ireland will fondly remember her historic visit in 2011 which did so much to…

Labour sets out a plan for immediate relief from the cost of living crisis Cap childcare costs at €200 per month Free GP care for all under 18s Unlimited public transport for €9 per month Drastic measures to address energy costs and climate crisis Taxation plan for excess profits in energy sector Opening the annual…