Finance spokesperson of the Labour Party, Joan Burton TD, speaking in response to revelations at yesterday’s Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, pointed out that Minister Pascal Donohoe’s failure as majority shareholder of Permanent TSB means over 6,000 distressed mortgages are being sold to a ‘vulture fund’ and it looks likely that a…

Labour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly has welcomed the recommendation by HIQA to extend the HPV vaccine to boys. Deputy Kelly said: “The decision by HIQA to extend the HPV vaccine to boys is most welcome. Providing the HPV vaccine will protect boys and girls indirectly from HPV related diseases.  “The Labour Party has been…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD will this weekend be attending the Congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Lisbon from Friday 7th to Saturday 8thDecember where Frans Timmermans, the PES Common Candidate for the European Elections will also make a key note speech. At the Congress Deputy Howlin will meet with social democratic…

Labour Senator, Ivana Bacik, has called on Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance to stop delaying the progression of pieces of legislation put forward by opposition parties designed to compact climate change. Senator Bacik will be joining climate change activists tomorrow outside Leinster House tomorrow, Friday 7th December. Commenting today, Senator Bacik said: “This Government…

Labour Spokesperson for Justice, Sean Sherlock TD, has called on Minister Flanagan to act swiftly and implement the recommendations of the Murry Report.  Commenting today Deputy Sherlock said: “The High Court’s decision in the Graham Dwyer case this morning was all too predictable. Neither the Government, the Gardaí nor in particular the Justice Minister Charlie…

Labour spokesperson on Climate Action, Sean Sherlock TD is responding to the Annual Transition Statements in the Dáil. Deputy Sherlock raised the lack of urgency that seems to be the hallmark of this government’s approach to Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Speaking in the Dáil Deputy Sherlock said; “The annual transition statement is disconcerting in how it…

Speaking in response to the developments this week in the UK, Leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD spoke about the need for Ireland and the EU to prepare to give the UK more time to complete their internal deliberations on the Withdrawal Agreement. Deputy Howlin said: “Ever since June 2016, the British Parliament…

Labour TD Joan Burton, speaking in Dail Éireann on the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018, has argued that while conscientious objection is a right which must be recognised, so too is conscientious support. Deputy Burton argued that allowing for conscientious objection should not equate to a complete abandonment of patients. Speaking in…