News – The Labour Party Bill seeks to amend the School Admissions Bill to remove the automatic right of entry of past pupils as part of the admission criteria for school entry A Labour Bill to stamp out the elitism in how schools admit pupils will be discussed in the Education Committee tomorrow, February 1st….

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party Spokesperson for Integration and TD for Dublin Bay South Ivana Bacik TD has welcomed the opening of the new regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants in Ireland today. Deputy Bacik said: “Today marks a very happy and anxious one for the undocumented migrant community. I have heard from a…

News – The Labour PartyKite Flying from Minister unfair to students with no real plan in place. Labour Higher Education spokesperson Annie Hoey has called for a commitment from the government to reduce the fees paid by students from this September rather than dragging it out for another 18 months. Senator Hoey said: “Reports that…

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party has announced its intention to publish proposed legislation, this week, that will provide workers with ‘a right to flexible work’ at a commemoration marking the 75th anniversary of the death of trade union leader Jim Larkin in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin today (Sunday, 30th January). Addressing the event…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD, Duncan Smith has today (Sunday, 30th January) expressed the solidarity of Labour Party members to the Bloody Sunday families, their loved ones and all the people of Derry, Deputy Smith who will lay a wreath on behalf of Labour Party members at a Bloody Sunday memorial on Rossville…

News – The Labour PartyTime to scrap Govt plans and start again Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has said government must rip up their flexible work plans and start again to ensure a employees have a right to flexible work. Following the publication of the unworkable proposals by Tánaiste Varadkar this week, Senator Sherlock said…

News – The Labour PartyLabour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan has expressed deep concern at the monthly homeless report for December 2021 published today. Senator Moynihan said: “There were 1,077 families in emergency accommodation in December and while this represents a slight decrease, it is clear that more needs to be done to prevent people reaching…

News – The Labour PartyLabour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan has welcomed the news that the Department of Housing will encourage local authorities to scale up their use of compulsory purchase orders to tackle dereliction. Senator Moynihan said this move must be backed up with a robust vacant property tax. Senator Moynihan said: “Earlier this month…