Today at Leader’s Questions, Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach where the extra €350 million for the Children’s Hospital would come from. The Taoiseach was unable to say where this extra money would come from and referred to the €1 billion sum as speculation. It will have a serious impact on our ability…

Labour spokesperson on Health Alan Kelly TD has called for an independent probe into the compilation and publication of waiting lists by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. It follows last night’s RTÉ Investigates programme, which claimed thousands of extra patients are waiting on unpublished lists. Deputy Kelly commented: “I am concerned that the public has…

Labour Party spokesperson on Education, Joan Burton has today called on the Minister for Education and Skills to publish an updated Action Plan on Bullying. “Not six months has passed since Minister Bruton published his last Action Plan for Education, and in today’s updated version, the Minister makes scant reference to tackling bullying. “A year…

Labour’s Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, says clarity is needed on the total number of people currently waiting for operations or medical procedures in Irish hospitals. It comes as RTÉ reports that at least two lists have not been published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, meaning the overall figure may be double the amount….

Labour Health Spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, will be available to speak to reporters at 11am this morning on health and other issues of the day. Deputy Kelly will be joined by Finance Spokesperson, Joan Burton TD and Spokeperson on Dublin, Senator Kevin Humphreys. Date: Tuesday, 7th February 2017Time: 11amLocation: Leinster House plinth

Labour spokesperson on Finance, and member of the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee, Joan Burton TD has requested a special meeting to examine the estimated costs of the proposed children’s hospital. “This morning I wrote to the Budgetary Oversight Committee Chair, John Paul Phelan to request a special meeting to discuss the extraordinary costs now projected…

Dublin City Councillor Alison Gilliland has said: ‘It is imperative that Dublin City Council management return immediately to the tripartite Ambulance Forum and seek an agreed solution to the management and organisation of Dublin Fire Brigade Emergency Medical Services call-taking and dispatch.’ ‘Almost 2 years ago DCC CEO Owen Keegan in conjunction with the 3…

It’s now one year on from the shooting in the Regency Hotel, with reports today that the Government plans to use public pay deals to deliver fresh cuts across Departments. Labour spokesperson for Dublin Senator Kevin Humphreys says the Government must ensure Gardaí in Dublin are adequately resourced to deal with crime and that frontline…