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…

Labour spokesperson on the Environment Senator Aodhán Ó Riordáin has said we need radical ideas to reduce our carbon emissions and tackle climate change. Labour’s 2017 Alternative Budget proposed a €100 million scheme over four years to install solar panels across our 4,000 schools. It’s the rooftop revolution that can help deliver the reduction in…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled “an Act to Amend the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009” Our bus network is an essential public service and if we are to have private competition with public operators, it is critical that we have a basic threshold on pay and conditions, a reliable…

Labour Communications spokesperson, Seán Sherlock TD, has said that today’s Census figures highlight the gulf that exists between urban and rural broadband services. According to the figures, around 76 per cent of urban households were connected to broadband in 2016, compared with around 61 per cent of households in rural parts of the country. There…