News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has said the loss of guaranteed support from two TDs in the last fortnight has destabilised the Government and that now is the time for a general election. Deputy Howlin said: “When this Government was formed in May 2016, it was already inherently unstable. With Fianna…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Dáil Communications spokesperson Seán Sherlock TD has said the National Broadband Plan is now in chaos, and that the Smyth review announced by the Taoiseach is a smokescreen for the decisions and mistakes made over the last two years that have imperiled the plan. Deputy Sherlock said: “The National Broadband…

News – The Labour PartyDeputy Penrose stated in response to the increase of the special 9% rate of VAT to 13.5% that the impact of same will be clearly felt in rural based hotels and rural pubs who have restaurants which allowed them to sell food on the premises. Speaking today Deputy Penrose said: “I…

News – The Labour PartyThere was much fanfare from Fianna Fáil that the budget this week was going to be a Housing Budget. It wasn’t. The amount of extra money announced was minuscule in the context of what is needed and most of it is directed towards landlords and developers rather than those who need…

News – The Labour PartyYesterday, what we heard from Minister Paschal Donohoe was a budget without a purpose.We heard a weak, spiritless and conservative budget. There was no vision. And there should have been one. Budget 2019 is not like recent budgets.This was the first budget since 2007 where the Government genuinely had real scope…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Children spokesperson Séan Sherlock has criticised the failure of the Minister for Children to clearly outline to parents what the changes in Budget 2019 on Affordable Childcare Scheme will mean. There is no one-stop-shop or information source available where parents can find out what they are entitled to under the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD has called on the Minister to provide free access to counselling for young people under 25. Speaking today Deputy Kelly Said: “Today is World Mental Health Day and should give us all pause to consider how far we have come in destigmatising Mental Health…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Spokesperson on Climate Action Seán Sherlock TD has slammed the Government for negating its responsibility to act on Climate Change. “This was a missed opportunity to tackle the scourge of single-use plastics. Ireland is the third worst performer in the EU on carbon emissions. On average, we produce 13.5 tonnes of…