Labour spokesperson on Education, Joan Burton will be available to speak to reporters at 11am in the Portico, Wednesday 28th June regarding her Equal Status (Admissions to School) Bill which was delayed passage to committee stage exactly one year ago. One year on, there still has been no action from the Minister on the baptism…

Good evening all. It’s great to see such a turnout here to support Aodhán. The last twelve months have not represented Irish politics finest hour. Having squabbled for 70 days, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael finally came to an agreement. And we might have thought that some work would begin. Very quickly, we realised how…

It is one of the greatest honours of my life to be trusted to fly the Labour banner by members of this great party. Having fought successful local elections in 2004, 2009 and a General Election in 2011, it was by the narrowest of margins that we lost out on a seat in Dublin Bay…

Labour spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD has called on the Government to implement the long delayed tenancy deposit protection scheme. The law to allow for this was passed in 2015, and two years on it is time for the new Minister for Housing to act and allow the Residential Tenancies Board to launch the…

Labour leader, Brendan Howlin TD, has called on the Government to urgently clarify how a decision was made to separate an elderly couple for the first time in over 60 years under the Fair Deal scheme. Deputy Howlin raised the case of Michael and Kathleen Devereux with the Taoiseach in the Dáil today. Deputy Howlin…

Labour will be selecting our candidate for Dublin Bay North tonight. Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is the only candidate going before the selection convention. It will be attended by Party Leader Brendan Howlin, local councillors and Labour Party supporters. Date: Tuesday, 27th June 2017 Location: Le Cheile Community and Youth Centre, Collins Avenue, Dublin 5 Time:…

Labour Spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD, has expressed concern at reports nursing home residents are facing ‘secretive’ extra charges for activities they’re not taking part in. It follows an investigation by the Sunday Independent that found some older people are being hit with rising bills for activities they don’t actually partake in. Deputy Kelly…

Labour spokesperson on Finance, Joan Burton has said that a further four week delay to the publication of the Summer Economic Statement is unacceptable, and further undermines efforts to reform the budgetary process and ensure proper parliamentary scrutiny. In particular it will delay the work of the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight. Deputy Burton said:…