News – The Labour PartyOnce again, the EU is faced with a major crisis. And this crisis has the potential to make or break the Union. The test this time is whether the EU can demonstrate solidarity between its member states based on shared democratic values, or whether it wants to just be a marketplace. …

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Social Protection Ged Nash TD has called for assurances for workers that their income supports will continue until sectors are fully reopened, after the Minister for Finance failed to commit to maintaining it. Deputy Nash said: “Speaking on Morning Ireland the Minister for Finance failed to give any…

News – The Labour PartyReacting to the German constitutional court’s ruling on the European Central Bank’s (ECB) quantitative easing programme Brendan Howlin TD, warned that this ruling could undermine the ECB’s €750 billion Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP). Deputy Howlin said: “In October 2018, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the ECB’s bond-buying…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Senator, Rebecca Moynihan, has called on the Minister for Education to provide clarity on the Home-Based July Provision scheme for parents of children with additional needs. The ‘July Provision’ scheme provides funding for additional educational supports for children with a severe or profound general learning disability or children with…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader and Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has repeated his call for the Government to provide the winter flu vaccine for free to all citizens this year. Deputy Kelly said: “If the Government are serious about helping stop the spread of the flu this winter they should make the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Annie Hoey, and former President of USI said the collapse in revenue from overseas students must be a wake-up call for the sector as it bids for a rescue package, as what is needed now is future certainty on third level funding. Senator Hoey said: “The Irish Universities Association…

News – The Labour Party Private hospital capacity must be put to use now says Labour Leader. Launch public awareness campaign now to encourage people to come forward and be treated With warnings of an ‘apocalyptic’ surge in hospital waiting lists as the Covid-19 pandemic becomes more controlled, Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly TD has…

News – The Labour Party Plan B needed but predicative grading not the way forward Responding to the knee jerk responses from some politicians calling for the Leaving Cert to be cancelled, Labour Education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said anyone doing so should be proposing a credible alternative. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “It is hugely…