News – The Labour PartySpeech by Labour TD, Deputy Brendan Ryan, in Dáil Éireann, 05/02/2019 Remarks on Job Path The Labour Party will be supporting the Sinn Féin motion tonight. The devastating crash caused by Fianna Fáil’s disastrous economic management saw unemployment peak in late 2011 at 15.9%, with hundreds of thousands losing their jobs,…

News – The Labour PartyDecency, Justice and Equality are Labour’s core values. Today we are talking about what these values mean when it comes to children and young people. When Labour’s leader, Tom Johnson, wrote the 1919 Democratic Programme of the First Dáil, he stressed that “the first duty” of Government was towards the education,…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking in the Dáil today, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD raised the issue of the ongoing failure of the government to deliver new GP contracts. Speaking today, Deputy Howlin said: “Fine Gael has been in charge of the Department of Health since March 2011. We have come out…

News – The Labour PartyTo mark the centenary of the 1st Dáil and the Democratic Programme, a motion will be debated today in Labour Party Private Members Time calling for a fair start for every child. Recognising and emphasising that Government’s first duty is to the child, the motion proposes and demands policy commitments, and…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has said further answers are needed from Simon Harris and Paschal Donohoe on the mismanagement of the National Children’s Hospital overspend. Deputy Kelly:  “Following my questions at today’s Health Committee, it is astounding that no formal meetings took place between Department of Health and…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Seanad Whip, Sen. Kevin Humphreys has confirmed that the Labour group will tomorrow, Wednesday 6th February facilitate the committee stage of the Social Democrat’s Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017. It follows repeated stalling by Fine Gael on the bill, that had previously passed the Dáil unopposed. Sen. Humphreys said: “Tomorrow…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD has rejected the assertion by the Taoiseach that corporate governance rules take precedence over Government circulars. Their appointee certainly should have informed the Minister for Public Expenditure in relation to cost overruns in the National Children’s Hospital. Deputy Howlin said: “Fine Gael has learned nothing…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party Justice and Children and Youth Affairs spokesperson, Seán Sherlock TD has urged the Government to reconsider its decision not to appoint a Digital Safety Commissioner. Following the publication of yesterday’s Progress Report from the Advisory Council for Online Saftey, Deputy Sherlock has repeated his call for the creation…