Labour Youth has today criticised proposals to introduce an income contingent loan scheme, branding the €160 per month repayment rate “disgraceful.” Commenting on the report, Chair of Labour Youth Kevin Donoghue commented: “Some people in the sector have become obsessed with introducing loan schemes and it doesn’t seem to matter how nonsensical, exclusionary or unworkable…

The Labour Party in a submission to the Government’s Mid Term review of Capital Expenditure has called for an increase in the available budget. Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin also reiterated his call for the sale of shares in AIB to be halted until the proceeds can be committed to Irish infrastructure. Deputy Howlin said:…

“I welcome the Alternative Proposal for the Liffey Cycle Route which Dublin City Council’s Transportation Strategic Policy Committee will consider at its next meeting on Thursday, 3rd May. “Stoneybatter Pride of Place has long argued that the original proposal would divert all the private traffic entering Dublin along the North Quays up Blackhall place. Such unprecedented…

I welcome today’s report from the CSO which reveals that as many as as 10.1% of workers earn the National Minimum Wage (NMW) of €9.25 per hour or less. “When Labour established the Low Pay Commission, we asked the CSO to gather robust information on the prevalence of the NMW to address the yawning gap…

Labour Party spokesperson on Children and Youth affairs, Jan O’Sullivan has welcomed the European Commission’s decision to include an improved right to parental leave in the European Pillar of Social Rights. “I strongly welcome the decision by the European Commission to include an improved right to parental leave as part of their effort to create…

Labour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD will be available to speak to reporters on the outstanding issues relating to the ownership of the proposed new €300 million National Maternity Hospital. He will be calling for Minister Harris to address this, and bring clarity to the matter, in the Dáil next Tuesday, when it returns…

Labour Party spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD has called on Minister for Health to take control of the situation regarding the National Maternity Hospital. “It is time now for Minister Harris to take control of the situation with the National Maternity Hospital. We are now in a situation where it is getting deeply personal…

Speaking on Motion 92 at the Labour Party National Conference in Wexford, Joe Costello, former Minister for Trade and Development, accused the Israeli Government of flagrant breach of international human rights law and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. No other country in the world deals systemically with children under military law….