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…

Labour Party spokesperson on Education, Joan Burton has called on the Government to make moves to remove the baptism barrier from our education system following the publication of the 2016 Census. “Today’s census figures show that nearly 500,000 people say they have no religion – a large increase of 73.4% since the Census in 2011….

Labour’s Housing Spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has said the 2016 Census figures released today, highlight the need to tackle the housing crisis. According to the figures, around 22 thousand more people were renting across the country in 2016 compared to 2011, with the average weekly rent jumping by 14.8 per cent. The figures also show…

Labour Councillor and Chair of Dublin City Council Planning Committee, Andrew Montague, has said we should be using the planning system in Ireland to try and reduce our carbon emissions. Cllr Montague said: “As we put together the National Planning Framework for the next 20 years, we must be ambitious for the development of the…

Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called on the Minister for Sport and the FAI to answer questions on the treatment of the Republic of Ireland’s women’s national football team. “As a firm supporter of promoting women in sport, I was appalled to hear of the treatment of our national women’s football team.“It is not…

Speaking on Private Members Motion on the Defence Forces I would like to formally move the Labour Party addendum to the motion. This is a very welcome motion tonight with a lot of good things in it. However we wished to add some important points we feel are absent from the original Motion. Labour has…

Speaking in Dáil Éireann on Statements on Brexit. With the formal Brexit process now underway, and no certainty on what the outcome will be, Ireland faces years of uncertainty. The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union will present Ireland with its greatest social, economic and diplomatic challenge since the Emergency. For some…