Additional funding including a new round of Sports Capital funding is needed to help sports clubs deal with the effects of the Covid-19 crisis according to Labour Spokesperson on Tourism and Sport, Senator Mark Wall. Wall has urged Minister’s Catherine Martin and Jack Chambers to immediately announce a new round of Sports Capital funding. Senator…

Opportunity now to permanently reduce class sizes With a school reopening plan finally under preparation and due Monday, Labour Education  spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said it must address the generation of young people at risk of losing out, and now is the time to permanently reduce class sizes. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said:“With details finally starting…

After examining the draft legislation for renters from the Minister for Housing, Labour Housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said the latest Residential Tenancies Bill is flawed and full of holes and fails to address the main excuses used for evicting tenants. Senator Moynihan said: “The residential tenancies bill that will come to the Oireachtas this week…

Responding to revelations that Green Party Leader and Climate Action Minister Eamon Ryan is to appoint up to eight special advisers, Labour’s public spending spokesperson Ged Nash TD said; “When people voted Green in large numbers in February, this wasn’t the green jobs boost they had in mind. “Eamon Ryan will now have almost as…

Responding to the brave testimony of Megan, a victim of revenge porn, in the Irish Examiner today, Labour Justice spokesperson Brendan Howlin said passing his Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill into law must be a priority for the new government. Deputy Howlin said. “I want to commend the bravery of Megan who shared…

€10k increase will drive price increases Labour spokesperson on Housing, Rebecca Moynihan has highlighted a number of anecdotal sudden price increases in new house prices by up to €10,000 following the July Stimulus changes in the Help to Buy scheme, calling for a halt to the developer bailout. Senator Moynihan said: “The decision of Fine…

The July stimulus fails to adequately deal with the major concerns of those working in the arts sector according to Labour Spokesperson on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Senator Marie Sherlock.   Senator Sherlock added that while the additional funding for performance, production, drama and culture are all to be welcomed along with the extension of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme,…

Reaction to the Chinese Ambassador’s comments on concentration camps of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region and on the restriction of civil liberties in Hong Kong Labour Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brendan Howlin has described as very concerning the allegation from the Chinese ambassador to Ireland that reports of ethnic cleansing against the Uighur population in…