News – The Labour PartySpeaking in advance of an address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Houses of the Oireachtas, Labour’s foreign affairs spokesperson Deputy Duncan Smith said: “Today’s sitting is an opportunity to listen to the Ukrainian President as he outlines the horror inflicted on his country and his people by Russia’s dictatorial regime. It…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Eoghan Kenny TD said Government inaction is driving rural depopulation across Cork and that the urgent need for reform is clear. Speaking after a series of public concerns raised by communities and media reports he called for a national plan to protect rural towns and villages, particularly on the north…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD and Cllr Dermot Lacey have welcomed a transformative agreement to deliver 176 social homes at the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone on the former Glass Bottle Site in Poolbeg. Both public representatives paid tribute to the Irish Glass Bottle Housing Action Group and Labour representatives for their…

News – The Labour PartyA decade on from the passage of the Gender Recognition Act 2015, the Labour Party will use its Private Members’ Time on Wednesday (3rd December at 10am) to introduce a motion to improve trans healthcare and gender affirming care in Ireland. Speaking in advance of the motion, Labour’s health spokesperson Marie…

News – The Labour Party OPW property provided for Garda Commissioner was not disclosed in Parliamentary Questions about remuneration details. Commisisoner was accounting officer for An Garda Síochána while it paid his rent. Labour Justice spokesperson Alan Kelly and Labour PAC member Eoghan Kenny have called on the Minister for Justice to explain why he…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD said it is outrageous that the level of people entering homelessness continues to rise. As an additional 152 people, of which 36 are children, are now recorded as homeless, Deputy Sheehan hit out at the Minister’s failure to set out a strategy for dealing with…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s social protection spokesperson Mark Wall TD has expressed his concern at the lack of meaningful supports for families this Christmas. As the Credit Union Consumer Sentiment Index reveals major money worries in households, Deputy Wall said hard working people have been left to fend for themselves by Fine Gael and…

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Limerick City Conor Sheehan has called out the Minister for Health for failing to have a vision for healthcare in the Mid West. Ahead of plans being brought to Cabinet to progress Option A and Option B for the Midwest, Deputy Sheehan said there is nothing new in…