Responding to reports that Ireland’s biggest private landlord is asking tenants for two months’ rent as a deposit, Labour spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called on the Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy, to intervene. Commenting on the reports, Deputy O’Sullivan said: “The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government needs to urgently check…

Louth Labour Senator Ged Nash has said that the people of Drogheda are angry and frustrated over the ‘cack-handed response’ on the ground to the major water outage in the region. Senator Nash explained: “Early last weekend, there was a general level of understanding that major engineering works, the likes of which are being carried…

Nash concerned that aim is to reduce number of those seeking refunds. Body likely to be inundated with Freedom of Information requests to Irish Water to gain proof of payment. Labour spokesperson on Social Protection, Senator Ged Nash has said the Government is needlessly complicating the system for water refunds. The creation of a new…

Deputy Willie Penrose reacts to the information emanating from the CSO Survey, that Ballynacargy has one of the lowest levels of broadband coverage in rural areas across the Country. Deputy Penrose Stated “There has been a cacophony of lip service to rural Ireland by many Ministers of various political persuasions over the last number of…

Labour Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called on the Government to guarantee that the housing budget will not be tapped to refund water charges. Last November, Deputy O’Sullivan questioned why the Department of Housing had an underspend of of €90 million at that time, in a Parliamentary Question to the previous Minister. Deputy O’Sullivan…

The Mid-Year Expenditure Report published today by Minister Donohoe makes for very worrying reading, while his appearance at the Budgetary Oversight Committee has created even greater cause for concern. Deputy Howlin commented:  “Firstly, we find that there would appear to be a further €48m to be found this year to pay the cost of bringing…

Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has repeated his call for appropriate investment in the Emergency Department in Beaumont Hospital. Speaking in the Seanad, Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “The problems in the Beaumont Hospital accident and emergency department persist.  When I was a Member of the Dáil, the then Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and I met with…

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has said the third level sector needs to dramatically up its game and take positive action measures to increase the number of women in senior academic positions in Irish universities. It comes after new figures from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) revealed that while over half of all lecturers are women,…