News – The Labour PartyLabour employment spokesperson Senator Marie Sherlock has tonight demanded that the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar immediately publishes legislation that guarantees workers the right to flexible work and avoid a back to office free for all. Speaking in advance of workplaces reopening across the country next week, Senator Sherlock said: “We have been…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Public Expenditure and Reform spokesperson, Ged Nash, has today said that the Government’s decision to discontinue funding to the data analytics company Benefacts raises serious questions about this Government’s commitment to transparency and reform in the wider public service.  The social enterprise was established in 2014 as a non-profit company…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Spokesperson for Employment, Senator Marie Sherlock has today said the Government must do all they can to ensure frontline workers in the private sector are not excluded from any Covid dividend paid in recognition of our collective efforts to keep Ireland going throughout the pandemic. Senator Sherlock said: “While the…

News – The Labour Party Seanad will debate Labour’s Organisation of Working Time Act (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 on Thursday at 1:30pm. Legislation would ensure women could access up to 20 days paid leave in the case of early miscarriage. Up to 10 days leave for all employees accessing other reproductive health treatments,…

News – The Labour PartyFinance Minister refuses to consider wealth tax as fortunes of billionaires double Wealth tax urgently needed to address obscene levels of inequality Responding to today’s Oxfam report which shows that nine Irish billionaires added €18bn to their wealth during the Covid-19 pandemic, Labour’s Finance Spokesperson Ged Nash has called on the…

News – The Labour PartyWomen being lied to in a grotesque manner at a time of deep vulnerability Labour Senator, and Oireachtas Health Committee member, Annie Hoey, has today demanded that the government act to clamp down on unregulated crisis pregnancy agencies operating in Ireland. Following media reports, Senator Hoey said there is now a…

News – The Labour PartyFollowing the publication of the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU) survey showing two-thirds of exam students support a hybrid model for state exams, Labour education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said the Minister and Department must commence planning to facilitate this. Speaking today, Deputy Ó Ríordáin said the engagement from students, teachers…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Finance and Public Expenditure Spokesperson, Ged Nash, has today (Monday, 17th, January) called on the Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe, to articulate clear and committed support for a decade of green investment at a meeting of the Euro area finance ministers later today. Speaking in advance of the Eurogroup…