Expresses solidarity with injured Stryker workers Speaking in the Dáil today, Labour leader Ivana Bacik called for greater engagement with unions about safety concerns following the dreadful incident in Stryker. Deputy Bacik said: “My thoughts are with the two workers who were injured, following an explosion at a Stryker plant in Carrigtwohill, Cork, on Tuesday…

Labour Fingal TD Duncan Smith has expressed his concern at the increase in cost for brown waste announced by Panda. Deputy Smith said not only will it serve as a disincentive to recycle, many citizens, like residents of Fingal, will be left without any alternative waste management company to avoid these charges. Deputy Smith said:…

Minister must address Committee on supports available for forthcoming term Labour Senator and spokesperson on Further and Higher Education Annie Hoey has accused Minister Harris of spending too much time on spin and not enough on solutions for hard pressed students throughout the country. Responding to the survey published in the Eurostudent report, Senator Hoey…

Support the Labour Amendment to expand redress Labour spokesperson on children Seán Sherlock TD has said anyone who spent so much as a second in a Mother and Baby Home should have access to redress. Deputy Sherlock said: “The Labour Party put forward amendments in February 2021 to expand the redress scheme to ensure access…

Labour Leader and TD for Dublin Bay South, Ivana Bacik, has today called on management at Indeed to do right by its staff as it makes 225 workers redundant. Deputy Bacik said: “I want to express my solidarity – and that of the Labour Party – with workers at Indeed, as they endure a stressful…

Labour Senator and Oireachtas Health Committee member Annie Hoey said a national lung cancer screening programme is a vital tool in our armoury to detect cancer and give people the best chance of fighting it. Welcoming the pilot which is due to get underway this year, Senator Hoey said Labour has called for such a programme…

Embedding dirty fuel infrastructure in our energy system is contrary to Ireland’s legally binding climate targets Labour Leader and spokesperson for Climate Action, Ivana Bacik TD, has called on the Minister for the Environment and Climate to clarify his position on fracked gas imports, following recent comments that his Party’s policy in support of a…

Budget surplus must be funnelled from rainy-day fund into measures for sheltering vulnerable renters from the housing hurricane Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has said the figures published by Threshold today provide a stark insight into the serious failures of housing policy under Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. Noting that Threshold prevented over…