News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has said the HSE should follow the UK’s lead and approve the funding of Spinraza. Deputy Kelly said: “It is time for the HSE to follow the lead of our neighbours in the NHS and sanction the funding of the life-changing drug Spinraza. “Families…

News – The Labour PartyAfter another indiscriminate shooting, this time in Donaghmede, Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Riordáin has said the escalating number of attacks show that Fine Gael have lost control of gangland crime, and that the Minister for Justice who has refused to engage with him on Garda resources for the area must now…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has raised concerns about the availability of access to bone density scans in the South-West region, particularly in Co.Kerry. Deputy Kelly said: “GPs in Kerry have publicly stated that bone density scans testing patients for osteoporosis are not available to public patients in Kerry…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Cork City Council Candidates Peter Horgan, Ciara Kennedy, Luke Field, John Maher and Luke Carroll have called for more public consultation time to be allocated to the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy. “Whilst this is a welcome document, it is a blueprint that will drastically alter the face and environment…

News – The Labour PartyThe leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, has called on the Government to justify giving a private monopoly ownership of the rural broadband network. Deputy Howlin accused Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of learning nothing from the mistake of the privatisation of Eir. Speaking during Leaders Questions in the Dáil, Deputy…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has called for a registered employment agreement to improve pay and conditions for those who work in the home help sector. Deputy Kelly said: “Figures by the HSE have showed there is a pressure on providing home help care across the country. “It is…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Defence spokesperson, Brendan Ryan TD has said that the Government must move quickly to implement the recommendations, due today from the Public Service Pay Commission according to an Irish Times report; and ensure that our forces are able to recruit and retain the best. He noted it was convenient that…

News – The Labour PartyAs Bank of Ireland holds AGM, Dominic Hannigan calls for banks to “begin paying taxes” Irish people are losing out on hundreds of millions a year for public services because banks don’t pay tax on their profits.  That’s according to Dominic Hannigan, the Labour Party’s European election candidate for the Midlands…