Labour TD for Tipperary, Alan Kelly, has called today on Minister Simon Coveney to extend the timeline for submissions to the National Planning Framework by at least a month beyond Easter. Deputy Kelly said: “The deadline for initial views to be submitted on the National Planning Framework is less than 2 weeks away at 12pm…

Over a year since the Company Law Review Group was asked to provide a report on preventing another Clerys type insolvency, Labour spokesperson on Workers Rights, Senator Ged Nash, said today that the Government is failing to meet commitments it gave to former Clerys workers. Senator Nash said: “Thirteen months ago, the Company Law Review…

Labour Women will be holding a public discussion on maternity services in Ireland this Saturday in Cork City. Speakers include Louise Kenny (Cork Women’s Clinic), Dr Jo Murphy Lawless and Rebecca Hegarty (AIMS Ireland). Some of our public representatives including Seán Sherlock TD will also be in attendance. It is now nearly a year since…

Labour’s Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has welcomed the ten point plan put forward by the Simon Community today to make use of the vacant and derelict homes as the quickest way to deal with the housing and homelessness crisis. Commenting on the plan, Deputy O’Sullivan said: “On 31st August 2016, following the publication of…

Labour Party Leader and Spokesperson on Northern Ireland, Brendan Howlin has expressed sympathy on the passing of former SDLP MLA for South Down PJ Bradley. “I was saddened today to hear of the passing of former MLA for South Down, PJ Bradley. “As a man with enormous interest in the local history of the Burren…

Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has welcomed the call by former US presidential candidate Martin O’Malley, for the Taoiseach to boycott his annual St. Patrick’s Day visit to the White House. The former Maryland Governor has launched an online #NoShamrocks petition, which will be delivered to all Irish American Members of Congress and the Irish…

Labour Transport spokesperson, Brendan Ryan TD, has today published a Bill that would allow for new conditions to be attached to licenses awarded by the National Transport Authority to private operators. The proposed conditions would ensure a more level playing field between private operators and Bus Éireann. It would also enable a Sectoral Employment Order…

This is a genuinely important measure. And not just because it may well be the first Opposition Bill to be passed into law by this Dáil. The Bill has been a long time reaching this far. I congratulate my colleagues Senators Ivana Bacik and Ged Nash for pursuing it in the other House. They in…