Decision to retain Garda car and drivers for fourth Minister not signed off on by Cabinet After it was confirmed to Labour Leader Alan Kelly TD in the Dáil today that there was no Cabinet decision to award a State car with two Garda drivers costing €200,000 a year to the Minister for Foreign Affairs,…

Reacting to the news of the Government’s phoney 10% pay cut which will leave Minister’s €1,000 better-off,  Labour Spokesperson on Public Expenditure & Reform Ged Nash TD stated that this is effectively a renewal of a previous voluntary pay cut taken by the last Government. The  Louth & East Meath Deputy called on the Taoiseach…

The Government must take concrete action to protect low paid workers according to Labour Spokesperson on Employment Affairs, Senator Marie Sherlock.   Sherlock was speaking after a report by the Economic and Social Research Institute ESRI found that frontline workers who tend to be in lower paid and less secure professions, but are considered among…

Labour Education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin will be available to speak to reporters on the Leinster House plinth at 12pm today with our Housing spokesperson Sen. Rebecca Moynihan to react to the school reopening plan, and Labour’s proposed amendments to the Government’s Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill. What: Labour doorstep with Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and…

no action on high primary class sizes In response to the school reopening plan Labour education spokesperson Aodhan Ó Ríordáin said it came very late in the day with a hard deadline approaching, he questioned if there was enough teacher supports for primary schools and criticised the failure to reduce class sizes there. Deputy Ó…

With the Department of Social Protection tracking people going abroad and stopping their payments, Labour Social Protection spokesperson Seán Sherlock said there were unanswered questions that the Minister should address, and questioned why the government is singling out social welfare recipients for punishment if they travel abroad. Deputy Sherlock said: “We don’t know why the…

Students and the student movement must be at the forefront of addressing the epidemic of sexual violence and harassment in education according to Labour Spokesperson on Further and Higher Education, Senator Annie Hoey.  Hoey was speaking after Minister Simon Harris met the national advisory committee on sexual harassment and violence in third-level education to set…

With both the Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure conceding they couldn’t have pay inequality in the Cabinet, Labour public expenditure spokesperson Ged Nash TD said the same principle must now be extended to the rest of the public service. Deputy Nash said: “The Minister for Finance yesterday conceded that they acted to…