Labour’s Excessive Pricing Bill to Go First Stage in the Dáil Today Labour’s spokesperson on finance, Deputy Ged Nash, has today called on the Government to act now on potential price gouging by giant retailers. Deputy Nash said: “The Government is sitting on its hands while grocery prices soar and giant retailers profiteer. It is…

Labour’s Senator Rebecca Moynihan has called for a humanitarian evacuation of pregnant women and premature babies from Gaza.  “We have all been watching in horror at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. Fuel, water and electricity are running out, and the health system is on the brink of collapse. “We need urgent humanitarian intervention. According…

Labour Tipperary TD Alan Kelly has welcomed the announcement of 240 new full time jobs in Lunch Bag, Nenagh, Deputy Kelly said: “I’m delighted that Lunch Bag, Ireland’s largest healthy school’s lunches company, are announcing a huge investment in their facility in Nenagh. I introduced them to the town in 2020 and the location where…

Labour’s Senator Annie Hoey and member of the Oireachtas sub-committee on Mental Health has expressed deep concern following news that adult hospital admissions for eating disorders in Ireland reached their highest level in a decade. Senator Hoey said: “Government needs to take immediate action. These figures are alarming and paint a picture of a worsening…

Labour health spokesperson Duncan Smith has warned Government that a grave winter lies ahead for the Health Service if the recruitment freeze goes ahead. Deputy Smith said: “At it currently stands, there are almost 900,000 people on waiting lists of some kind. The health system is already totally understaffed by frontline health care workers, and…

Labour’s climate spokesperson Senator Rebecca Moynihan has today expressed her deep concern at the revelations that numerous public bodies, state agencies, local authorities and regulators have admitted failing to make mandatory payments to the Climate Action Fund to offset their air travel emissions. Senator Moynihan said: “This is a shocking failure of government. In 2020,…

Landmark judgement has implications of thousands of workers in this country. State must legislate to ensure employment status is clear cut. Labour workers’ rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has described the ruling that Dominos pizza drivers were employees, not contractors, in the Supereme Court as a landmark moment on bogus self employment. Senator Sherlock said: “This…

Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has urged Minister O’Brien to detail his plan to address the chronic labour shortage in construction that is delaying the building of homes.  Deputy Bacik said: “A failure to develop a coherent framework around apprentices, including a fair wage, has led us to a massive shortage in construction…