Labour Party Employment Spokesperson, Ged Nash, will be available to speak to reporters ahead of the debate of Labour’s Measures to Counter False Self-Employent Bill 2018, today at 2pm on the Leinster House plinth. This Bill will take a number of measures to stamp out bogus self employment, a practice that deprives workers of basic…

Labour Party Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called on the Government to consider and implement proposals to assess the Leaving Cert over two years. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “Anecdotally, we have known for a long time that the Leaving Cert puts an enormous amount of pressure on young students. “Reports will be going to…

Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has said the Government must do more to end delays to cancer patients accessing new cancer drugs and treatments. Deputy Kelly said: “It is a disgrace that cancer patients in Ireland are far less likely to receive new cancer drugs and treatment compared to other European countries. “Currently,…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin will be available to speak to reporters today Tuesday 12th March at 11.45am on the latest Brexit developments, and he will be joined by Sen. Kevin Humphreys, spokesperson on Transport, Tourism and Sport. What: Doorstep with Brendan Howlin and Sen. Kevin Humphreys. Where: Leinster House Plinth. When: 11.45am, Tuesday 26th…

As the EU Commission prepares for a no deal Brexit, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD called on Fine Gael to allocate €500 million to a jobs fund if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal in April, and to explain in detail how the Government will support jobs and businesses in…

Labour spokesperson on Employment Affairs, Senator Ged Nash has said it is essential that legislation to tackle bogus self-employment is progressed this week, and that the Fine Gael government can no longer spin their way out of this. Senator Nash said: “On Wednesday the Seanad will take Committee stage of my bill to tackle bogus…

Labour Housing Spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan TD is calling for the 1300 houses currently leased by NAMA to local authorities and housing agencies to be transferred to local authorities and kept in the public housing stock. This follows news today that after any potential sale of these houses, there is no guarantee they will continue to be used as social…

Responding to reports on the implementation review of the 50 recommendations from the Scally Inquiry, Labour Health spokesperson Alan Kelly has said there is still no sign of the report on the outsourcing of work from labs, but based on today’s news, the Government must act quickly to implement open disclosure and resource the National…