Time to turn EWSS into a Short Time Work Scheme. Time spent on PUP must be reflected in future redundancy payments. Speaking in advance of the publication of the National Economic Recovery Plan, Labour Finance spokesperson Ged Nash TD warned that setting hard targets on the phasing out of pandemic income and business supports was…

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has called for a common sense approach to be adopted in planning for an outdoor summer, and in developing a real vision for our public spaces. At a time that communities are encouraged to embrace the outdoors, local councils must have adequate resources to help the public enjoy their summer outside….

Focus on vaccine rollout and controlling variants essential. 60-69 year olds being left behind in reopening due to AstraZeneca dosing gap. Antigen testing still not being used enough. Continued economic supports for workers and businesses critical. With a further lifting of restrictions confirmed this evening, Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly warned that 60-69 year olds…

Rise of 12 homeless families from March to 925. 27 additional children now homeless meaning 2,193 children are without a home. Evictions are the primary cause of homelessness. With the homeless figures for April recording an increase of people without a home, Labour Housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan has called for the for the re-instalment of…

Labour spokesperson on children, Senator Ivana Bacik, has again urged Government to implement a €100 million ‘Catch Up for Children’ scheme to make up for lost time in the classroom, and has warned that this year’s Summer Provision programme must be a success in order to offset the effects of prolonged school closures in 2020…

Labour Spokesperson on Higher and Further Education, Senator Annie Hoey, has called for Minister Harris to rectify the unfair decision to allow the Pandemic Unemployment Payments (PUP) to be counted towards students SUSI grant applications. Senator Hoey said: “It came to my attention last year that students who have been in receipt of PUP were…

The Minister needs to intervene immediately and apply a rent freeze until there rents continue to fall, said Labour Housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan. The loophole in the legislation that a double rent increase could be applied in July further highlights a Government totally out of touch with ordinary people. With a housing crisis continuing to…

Why hasn’t Minister for Health asked NIAC yet? With a NIAC letter showing they are keeping the gap between doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine under review, Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly has called again on the government to submit a formal request for a review after the Health Minister wasn’t clear in the Dáil today….