Labour Party Leader and Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has called for the registration fee for nurses and midwives to be waived for 2021. Deputy Kelly said: “Nurses and midwives have been under an unprecedented amount of pressure since January 2020, from record overcrowding in our hospitals in the early parts of 2020, through to…

Failure to make face coverings mandatory puts health and safety of staff at risk. No action on face coverings for Banks, Credit Unions and An Post staff for over two months despite similar regulation in Northern Ireland and other customer-facing sectors such as retail and hospitality. Minister must immediately publish health advice received and reconsider…

Strategy is just about promoting remote working, lip service paid to worker protections Threadbare detail, strategy is little more than a rehash of 2019 Government report No detail on what a right to request remote work will look like, the 20% mandate on remote working across the public sector and third level institution, and the…

Minister for Health must communicate why this is happening. Minister Donnelly must explain why he made changes to the Vaccine Roll Out Plan Covid facing frontline workers are struggling to treat patients and need vaccination. With more and more examples of frontline healthcare staff being left behind during the rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations, Labour Party…

Two months since Labour launched bill to provide for right to disconnect and improved supports for workers. New Year lockdown highlights lack of progress by government. Labour bill would also require employers to provide suitable home workstation and flat rate payment to cover costs now shouldered by workers. Labour Employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has highlighted…

Survey carried out by Senator Mark Wall with 10,984 responses on social media Over half of respondents favour predicted grades (53%) 43% would like to have the choice of predicted grades or sitting this year’s exam 3% opt for sitting traditional Leaving Cert   Labour Senator Mark Wall today published the results of a survey…

Government needs to be honest with communities.  Failure to retrospectively apply “ban” stands in mark contrast to retrospective taxing of PUP 601 co-living units within 1km radius in Phibsborough were rushed in between when ban was announced and when it was given effect.  “Ban” does not necessarily prevent future granting of planning permission for co-living facilities.  Speaking…

All capacity in private hospitals must be made available. Government must put back in place March agreement to pay student nurses. Rapid antigen testing must be rolled out now after EU approval. Responding to very worrying reports from frontline health workers, acute hospitals and trade unions, Labour Party leader, Alan Kelly TD, has called on…