News – The Labour Party HSE and Minister failed to do the bare minimum and submit an observation to clarify current co-location policy in relation to the Rotunda. Clinical structures between Mater and Rotunda are intensifying: co-location is essentially happening here. Minister and HSE failed to clarify what the future of the Rotunda is, giving…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s education spokesperson Deputy Eoghan Kenny has called for urgent and sustained investment in Special Needs Assistants following a packed public meeting attended by SNAs, teachers, parents and trade union representatives. The meeting heard stark testimony about redeployment fears, narrowed eligibility for children and the deep anxiety caused by recent Government…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s spokesperson on foreign affairs Duncan Smith TD said the findings by the Committee to Protect Journalists highlights the devastating ways in which Israel has acted with impunity in Gaza. As the CPJ reports that a record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s spokesperson for Energy and TD for Dublin South-West, Ciarán Ahern TD, has raised serious concerns about the Government’s commitment to reducing household energy bills, following new Eurostat figures showing that households are paying twice as much for electricity as data centres. Speaking during Questions on Policy or Legislation in the…

News – The Labour Party Labour introduced the Health (Availability of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2025 in July 2025 on foot of extensive research by Labour last year on GP to population ratio which raised stark inequalities. Ironic that the Government is using a debate on expanding access to GP services to state that they…

News – The Labour Party Announce, backlash, retreat, re-announce is no way to make policy  No commitment from Taoiseach to fund the 600 special classes needed in September  Labour’s education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD said Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are playing political football with SNAs and special education. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions today, Deputy…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on further and higher education Senator Laura Harmon has welcomed the publication of the report by the Oireachtas committee for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on apprenticeships Speaking at the launch event today Senator Harmon said: “I welcome the publication of the report on apprentices and…

News – The Labour Party Stagnant funding and ambition in HSE capital plan with a €14 million cut in HSE capital plan. Snail’s pace bed plan is not at the races when it comes to delivering the capacity required in our health service with just 143 acute beds to be completed this year. HSE capital…