Labour Education spokesperson, Joan Burton TD, will be available to speak to journalists this morning at 11am on her call for hearings to be held into the Redress Scheme. Specifically, Deputy Burton has written to the Chair of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills, proposing that hearings are held into the circumstances, considerations and…

Labour Party spokesperson on Workers’ Rights and Labour Affairs, Senator Ged Nash, has said we must find new ways to tackle precarious work and false and dependent self-employment with the rise of the gig economy. The sharp growth of work practices without clearly defined contractual relationships which are operating at the very edge of the…

Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin City, Labour Party Councillor Rebecca Moynihan has called for greater investment in cycling infrastructure. Cllr Moynihan said: “Labour is committed to good quality transport services that serve all areas and communities. We want to see our public transport networks converted to green vehicles and environmentally friendly fuels. “Currently, we are…

Labour Housing Spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called for Government action to address the issue of so-called ‘land-banking’, whereby developers are hoarding land in a bid to profit from expected house price increases further down the line. It comes after the Irish Independent today reported that concern about the practice was raised at the recent…

Commenting on the publication of the Fennelly Report from the Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to An Garda Síochána and other persons), Labour Party Leader and spokesperson on Justice, Brendan Howlin said: “The state of affairs revealed in the Fennelly Report highlights in the most breath-taking way the chronically dysfunctional state of Garda management. “According…

Commenting on the revelations on RTE Prime Time tonight in relation to non-EEA fishers, Senator Ged Nash said: “The treatment of the non-EEA fishers as highlighted in tonight’s RTE Prime Time programme is disgraceful and unacceptable. “Last December, several months after the introduction of the Atypical Permit Scheme, I met a large group of Egyptian…

Labour TD for Longford-Westmeath, Willie Penrose has welcomed the acceptance of the amendment, tabled by the Labour Party to the Dail motion on our Defence Forces. The Government should now follow through on the proposals, giving PDForra access to the Labour Court and WRC; the immediate payment of the €15 daily armed allowance to those…

Labour spokesperson on Defence, Brendan Ryan TD has welcomed the acceptance of the amendment, tabled by the Labour Party to the Dail motion on our Defence Forces. The Government should now follow through on the proposals, in particular the immediate payment of the €15 daily armed allowance to those who served in the Mediterranean on…