News – The Labour Party Labour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has said the drug Pembro needs to be available to Cervical Cancer patients sooner rather than later. Deputy Kelly said: “I welcome moves by Health Minister Simon Harris to put measures in place to extend the drug Pembro to all Cervical Cancer patients…

News – The Labour Party I’d like to start by telling you an old story that illustrates the Labour perspective: A young girl asks her father, “Why is it so cold in the house?” “We don’t have any coal”, he says. “But why is there no coal?” she wants to know. “Because I lost my…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party leader Brendan Howlin TD today spoke in the Dáil about the importance of maintaining the Dublin Fire Brigade’s ambulance service. Deputy Howlin said: “In June of this year, the Dáil passed a motion on the Dublin Fire Brigade. We recognised that the Dublin Fire Brigade provides crucial ambulance services….

Labour Spokesperson on Education Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has called on the Minister for Education to act now to avoid industrial chaos follwing the ASTI rejection of the propsed pay deal. Comenting Senator O’Ríordáin said: “I am calling on the Minister to proactively re-engage with the unions to find a new deal for teachers. “Two…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called on Minister Murphy to take action now to “stop the horror of homelessness that so many families and individuals dread.” Deputy O’Sullivan said:  “Latest homelessness figures show there are now 9724 people in emergency accommodation, up 26 on the previous month.  These…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Kevin Humphreys has described as a ‘complete failure” the government’s strategy to reduce carbon emissions. Commenting today Senator Humphreys said: “The Minister has admitted that we are 99% short of our emissions targets set for 2020. This was admitted while announcing seven programmes in receipt of Climate Action Fund…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Seanad Leader, Ivana Bacik, has welcomed the cross-party support received for the Labour Party’s Bill designed to close the gender pay gap. Commenting today Senator Bacik said: “I was delighted to see such broad political support for the Labour Party’s Gender Pay Gap Bill which was before the Dail last…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD, has called on the Government to use the Labour Party legislation to implement gender pay gap reporting. This comes as the Labour group in the Dáil progresses legislation from the Seanad to introduce gender pay gap reporting for companies with staff of 50 or…