Labour Party spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan TD has raised serious concerns about the roll out of the Government’s Affordable Childcare scheme. “In February, I warned the Government that there was no way the Affordable Childcare Scheme would be ready by September. “Back in February, officials from Minister Zappone’s department and POBAL…

Labour Party spokesperson on Education, Joan Burton TD has said today that another school year is nearly over but still no progress has been made on reforming school admissions policy, while many schools have already finalised their intake for next year. Meanwhile the Labour Party bill was blocked 10 months ago by the Government and…

It’s great to see such a turnout here to support our lad from Drogheda! The last twelve months have not represented Irish politics finest hour. Having squabbled for 70 days, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael finally came to an agreement. And we might have thought that some work would begin. Very quickly, we realised how…

Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan has said that Ireland is still not doing enough to tackle gender inequality in the workplace. It comes as employers in the UK have this month begun publishing figures on the salaries of their male and female workers for the first time, in a bid to reduce the gender pay gap…

Speech on Motion re Garda Síochána, Dáil Éireann, 11th April 2017 I move the amendment in my name and that of my Labour Party colleagues. In doing so, I want to concentrate on the many areas on which there is I believe broad agreement in this House. We were all disturbed at the news that…

Labour Party representative on the Water Committee, Jan O’Sullivan has said: “In farcical scenes following today’s last minute legal advice, the final report of the Water Committee was subject to extensive amendments reversing most of last week’s changes, that Fianna Fáil supported at the time. “The Labour Party still cannot support the final report on…

At next week’s Labour Party Conference in Wexford, the Labour Party will debate the concept of Universal Basic Income as part of the Future of Work policy paper discussion. Speaking ahead of the debate, Labour Party spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, Seán Sherlock TD has said he is looking forward to discussing how UBI…

Senator Ivana Bacik has invited other Oireachtas members from all parties and none to participate in a photo call to launch an All-Party Oireachtas Cyclists Group. Members of Dublin Cycling Campaign will also be present at the event. Time : Wednesday, 12th April, 11am Place : Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Speaking about the photo call and…