News – The Labour PartyLabour leader Ivana Bacik said today that the Budget produced by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is little more than a Treadmill Budget – just running to stand still. Deputy Bacik said: “Yesterday’s Budget presented the Government with an opportunity to provide a lifeline to the tens of thousands of people…

News – The Labour Party Admission they don’t look at profitability of sectors with most minimum wage workers Labour’s Worker’s rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has today (Wednesday, 28th September) expressed grave concerns over the Low Pay Commission’s admission about how they assess the appropriate national minimum wage. Speaking following a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas…

News – The Labour PartyLabour health spokesperson Duncan Smith has today (Wednesday, 28th September) called on the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly to urgently intervene over the non-payment of the pandemic recognition payment due to tens of thousands of health workers. Deputy Smith said: “36 weeks after it was announced to much fanfare by the…

News – The Labour PartyAs a country, we are unrecognisable from the young, poor and conservative State we were when the tricolour was first raised over Dublin Castle in 1922. We are now richer than we have ever been in our history. More liberal, open, diverse, welcoming and confident as a society than anyone could…

News – The Labour Party• Budget more about buying time for an out of touch Government Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has said Budget 2023 provides little comfort for low paid and disabled workers and that the Government has again failed to recognise the massive challenges they face. Senator Sherlock said: “Low paid single workers…

News – The Labour Party New scheme won’t protect jobs, wages or businesses from rising energy bills Public money better spent on a domestic energy cap and Labour’s Energy Wage Subsidy Scheme Refusal to bring in windfall tax is an indictment of government  Labour finance spokesperson, Ged Nash, has today (Tuesday, 27th September) accused the Government…

News – The Labour PartyLabour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said that without an emergency rent freeze the rental tax credits announced today are meaningless. With rents rising on average of 12.5% annually, Senator Moynihan said renters are facing a winter of grave uncertainty. Senator Moynihan said: “It’s clear that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are…

News – The Labour PartyLabour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said an eviction ban and rent freeze must be key features of any housing measures announced by government tomorrow. Senator Moynihan said the mooted €400 tax credit for renters shows just how divorced Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are from the lived reality of renters in…