News – The Labour PartyIf it takes Fine Gael and Fianna Fail as long to wake up and smell the roses on Housing and the Transport infrastructure, as it did on the 8th Amendment, we’ll be well into the next crisis said Jack O Connor Addressing Labour Party members who participated in the “YES” campaign in…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Kevin Humphreys has criticised the continued failure of the Government to act to regulate and tackle the massive increase in the use of homes in our cities for short term lets that is worsening the housing crisis. Senator Humphreys said: “I have been raising my concerns regarding the massive…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Employment Affairs & Social Protection, Senator Ged Nash has welcomed the 30 cent an hour pay hike for close to 20,000 security workers across the country which will come into effect tomorrow, Friday, 1st June. Senator Nash said: “This new legal minimum rate of pay of €11.35 per…

News – The Labour PartyCommenting on April’s homeless figures, Labour Party Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan said:  “While homeless figures for April announced today show a very slight decrease they are still alarmingly high but the most concerning aspect is the increase in the number of children who are without a home by 43 bringing the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD has called on Minister Simon Harris and the HSE to ensure all those women impacted by the Cervical Check scandal have their full files and audit results provided to them without delay as he committed to yesterday in the Dáil. Deputy Kelly said: “With…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party spokesperson on Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan TD, will today bring the Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty Bill to the Dáil during Private Members’ Time. This Bill seeks to give renters greater security in their homes. Ahead of the Dáil debate, Deputy O’Sullivan said: “Today the…

News – The Labour PartyThe Dáil will debate Labour’s Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 today. Deputy Jan O’Sullivan will be available to speak to reporters this morning at 11.30am, Wednesday 30th May, on the Leinster House plinth about what the Bill sets out to achieve. What: doorstep with Jan…

News – The Labour PartyReacting to the breaking news of the incorrect registration of adoptions of at least 126 children between 1946 and 1969, Labour TD Joan Burton has called for the urgent implementation of adoption tracing legislation. Deputy Burton said: “The news today is very serious and needs urgent attention. As someone who was…