Labour Senator Mark Wall has welcomed the announcement of additional funding for litter prevention and cleaning this summer. A common sense approach is needed to deal with increased rubbish, and people must be empowered to dispose of their waste easily. Senator Wall said: “The news that the Minister will devote €5 million in additional funding…

Speaking following the publication today by the Ombudsman of ‘Wasted Lives: Time for a better future for younger people in nursing homes’, which investigates the practice of housing people under the age of 65 in nursing homes, Labour Seanad Group Leader and Spokesperson for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Senator Ivana Bacik has called for immediate…

Labour Party leader Alan Kelly and Senator Rebecca Moynihan will be available on the plinth at 12 noon today, Wednesday, May 5th, on the vaccine rollout and housing. What: Doorstep with Alan Kelly TD and Senator Rebecca Moynihan. Where: Leinster House plinth, Kildare St. When: 12 noon, Wednesday, May 5th. For any journalists or photographers…

Speaking today on the publication of the so-called ‘Affordable’ Housing Bill, Labour housing spokesperson Senator Rebecca Moynihan said the Government has chosen an investor led approach to housing, rather than one which delivers for first time buyers and renters. Senator Moynihan said: “The much trumpeted Affordable Housing Bill won’t deliver the affordable housing we need….

Bill would address the power imbalance between workers and app platforms. Brings our employment code up to date and stamps out bogus self-employment. Allows access to information about the algorithms that decide their pay and performance. Launching her new Bill to provide platform workers in the gig economy with better protections, Labour Employment spokesperson Marie…

Labour Employment spokesperson Sen. Marie Sherlock will launch her Protection of Employment (Platform Workers and Bogus Self-Employment) Bill tomorrow at 11.30am on the Leinster House plinth, and she will be joined by Labour Party Finance spokesperson Ged Nash. The State has a responsibility to ensure that all workers, regardless of their employment status, have access…

Many issues must be examined for the Future of Education. Dominant influence of Catholic Church and Flourish Sex Education programme must be addressed. Taoiseach didn’t give any time commitment for Programme for Government commitment this week. Labour Party Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called for the Government to commit as a priority to convening…

Ireland becoming no country for young people. Too many people are just about getting by or struggling. Time for a new social contract focused on Labour policies. Marking May Day, International Day of the Worker, Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly TD spoke to the #NoGoingBack online webinar of the relaunched Labour Trade Unionist section. In…