News – The Labour Party National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Young Persons, Apprentices and Interns) Bill 2025 would address issues of sub-minimum rates for young workers, and end exploitation of apprentices and interns End pay discrimination for those under 20 years of age Ensure apprentices and interns are entitled to at least minimum wage Bill…

News – The Labour Party Gross inefficiency in the lack of state support for blister packs. Significant burden on vulnerable older people and people with disabilities because of the failure of state support. New funding in the Community Pharmacy Agreement must be allocated to support vulnerable patient hardship blister pack services. Pharmacists have traditionally used…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Education Spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has slammed reports that fee charging schools could receive State funding for phone pouches, warning that any available funding must instead be directed straight into the running of public schools. Speaking today in Leinster House, Deputy Kenny said that at a time when schools are…

News – The Labour Party Parents will now be chasing two parallel pathways for children with additional needs. Changes appear to be driven by Govt inability to manage AON services. Who will be carrying out the assessments? What will happen to children who need a place in September 2026? Questioning the Taoiseach in the Dáil,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s children’s spokesperson Mark Wall TD has called out the Government for governing by press release rather than addressing the core issues of recruitment and retention for assessment of needs services. Speaking in advance of a Dáil motion on assessments of needs this evening, Deputy Wall said it is a national…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party leader Ivana Bacik TD called out the failure of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to tackle the housing disaster during Leaders’ Questions today. Deputy Bacik said: “The trends are going in all the wrong direction – building targets will be missed, construction activity declining, rents rising and 60% of…

News – The Labour Party Urgent need to turn the tide on child influenza hospitalisations which are now 40% of total flu hospitalisations. Healthcare staff must be incentivised to take up vaccines.  Inefficiency of going it alone on vaccine and medicine procurement as ten countries are accessing enhanced flu vaccine while older people in Ireland cannot due to cost.  Labour Health Spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has called for…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has called on the Minister for Education to take action following an incredible 85% of teachers surveyed reporting moderate to high work related burnout. Deputy Kenny said: “From experience in the teaching profession, I am acutely aware of the very genuine concerns being expressed in…