News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party will launch it’s Alternative Budget 2018 at 3.30pm tomorrow October 4th at the Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland, Merrion Square. What: Launch of Labour’s Alternative Budget 2018 When: Wednesday, October 4th 2017 at 3.30pm Where: The Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland, Society House, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Finance spokesperson, Joan Burton TD has said that the latest Exchequer figures show that the Government will have room in the Budget next week to deliver on better public services and capital investment- if it makes the right choices. Deputy Burton said: “The figures published today for the end of…

News – The Labour Party“I welcome at long last today’s publication of the report of Mr Justice John Murray’s Review of the Law on Retention of and Access to Communications Data. It is shocking to recall that this report was received by Government last April. “The review was initially commissioned to look at issues around…

News – The Labour PartyLabour leader Brendan Howlin has today called on the Taoiseach to come clean on the real cost of the expansion of communications staff in Government. Responding to a question from Deputy Howlin on Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today, Leo Varadkar said he did not yet know the net cost of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Defence, Brendan Ryan TD, has expressed concern over reports that nearly three thousand Defence Force members have been forced into early retirement in the past five years due mainly to poor pay and conditions. Ahead of its annual conference, PDFORRA also said that staff numbers in the Defence…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Justice Spokesperson Sean Sherlock TD has called again for the immediate publication of the Murray Report by Justice Minister Flanagan once he has briefed Cabinet on it today. Former Chief Justice, John L. Murray submitted his report on the Review of the Law on the Retention of and Access to…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on Education, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has called on the Government to set out a timeline as to when they will implement recommendations from the Cassells Report into the Future Funding of Higher Education. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “The Government has been sitting on the report carried out…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD has said that the Government’s proposal to provide cheap loans to private developers from NAMA does not go far enough, and the State must take a much more active role in financing public housing. Deputy O’Sullivan first put forward a proposal on repurposing…