Responding to the ongoing migration crisis in the Mediterranean, and the preparations by Austria to deploy troops on its border with Italy in the event of a migrant influx, Labour spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Senator Ivana Bacik has called on the Government to meet the commitments Ireland has previously made on resettling refugees, and in…

Labour Party spokesperson on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Alan Kelly TD, has welcomed the announcement by the Living Wage Technical Group that the Living Wage has increased to €11.70 per hour. Deputy Kelly has called on the Government to set out a clear road map as to how we can transform the National Minimum Wage…

Labour Finance Spokesperson, Joan Burton TD, has said today’s Exchequer Returns show the Government is now well poised to increase essential capital spending. Responding to the figures just released by the Department of Finance, Deputy Burton said: “Today’s Exchequer Returns indicate that the Government is in a strong position to commit to essential capital expenditure,…

Rogue security firms with State contracts who are not paying the legal hourly rate of pay to their staff should lose their taxpayer-funded work. That’s according to Labour Senator Ged Nash, who told the Seanad this afternoon that 20,000 security officers are entitled to a pay rise from the 1st of June. The agreement is…

Labour TD Joan Burton has welcomed comments made by the Taoiseach in the Dáil today that he would be open to holding a referendum on the Eighth Amendment in early 2018. Taoiseach Varadkar was responding to a question from Deputy Burton on his referenda priority for the coming period. Deputy Burton said: “Today in the…

Labour spokesperson on Communications, Seán Sherlock TD, has said reports of further delays to the rollout of the National Broadband Plan show the Government has lost control of the process. It’s after the Minister for Communications indicated that delivery of the scheme looks set to be pushed back by at least a year, to 2019….

Labour spokesperson on the Environment Sean Sherlock TD, has said that the Environmental Protection Agency should become a strong and independent national regulator of the municipal waste sector. The Labour Party will table an amendment in the Dáil tonight, calling for this, along with the introduction of a waiver scheme for low income households, competition…

Labour member of the Seanad Brexit Committee, Senator Ged Nash, has welcomed the committee’s report and called for a number of measures to be introduced to temper the impact Brexit will have on Ireland. “Every party has been talking about Brexit, but only Labour is proposing tangible actions that would protect Irish jobs against a…