News – The Labour PartyLabour health spokesperson Duncan Smith said today (Wednesday 8th February) the three-tiered support scheme for assaulted health workers must end. Speaking following the conclusion of the Oireachtas Health Committee today, Deputy Smith said: “The number of patient-facing workers being assaulted in their workplace must be addressed as a matter of urgency…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Mark Wall said the failure of the Housing Minister to review and bring the Housing Adaptation Grant in line with current construction costs is a national disgrace. Senator Wall said with construction costs and inflation through the roof, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil must address the affordability of adapting…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Social Protection Séan Sherlock said it is shameful that so many people are going without food and meals in a ‘wealthy’ country. Citing research published by Barnardos, Deputy Sherlock said the gaps between the have lots and have nots in Ireland is cutting away at the fabric of…

News – The Labour Party Government must urgently progress legislation now. Labour’s Reform spokesperson Deputy Ged Nash has said the government’s review of Ireland’s statutory framework for ethics in public office represents “an endorsement of Brendan Howlin’s Public Sector Standards Bill” seven years after it was first debated in the Dáil, and he called for…

News – The Labour Party International protection applicants must be granted access to labour market within three months of arrival  Labour workers’ rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called on Government to halve the wait time for refugees seeking work in Ireland from six months to three months. Senator Sherlock said: “As legislators, we must do…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Ivana Bacik has expressed her deep sadness and shock on hearing of the death of her friend and comrade, former Labour TD and Minister Niamh Bhreathnach and extended her sympathy to her family, friends and comrades in Dun Laoghaire Labour. Deputy Bacik said: “I am so sad to…

News – The Labour PartyLabour health spokesperson, Duncan Smith has described the continued discrimination of cancer survivors by the insurance industry as completely outrageous. Speaking in response to reports in the Business Post of a sustained lobbying campaign by Insurance Ireland to delay legislation to stop insurance companies and banks from financially penalising cancer survivors,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Mark Wall has called for the end to the exclusion of apprentices from minimum wage legislation to encourage more workers into crafts. In advance of a Labour Party motion on Thursday (February 7th) demanding emergency housing measures, Senator Wall said too many vacant and derelict homes remain unused and…