Labour Party spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD, has today slammed the decision to give the Sisters of Charity sole-ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital, a fully state-owned hospital. “Given the events of recent weeks, not to mention the failure of religious congregations to meet their share of the cost of redress, it seems…

Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin has said the Government’s latest progress report shows how little progress is being made. “The progress report published today shows how little progress this Government is actually making. Rather than providing some detail on the commitments which have been delivered, we have a set of bullet points which treat the…

As part of our pre-conference focus on the Future of Work – we caught up with SIPTU’s Jack O’Connor to talk about collective bargaining and how we can further strengthen rights in the workplace. Thanks to Paddy Cole for doing such a great job on the video. You can watch the video over on our…

Labour Party spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan TD has raised serious concerns about the roll out of the Government’s Affordable Childcare scheme. “In February, I warned the Government that there was no way the Affordable Childcare Scheme would be ready by September. “Back in February, officials from Minister Zappone’s department and POBAL…

Labour Party spokesperson on Education, Joan Burton TD has said today that another school year is nearly over but still no progress has been made on reforming school admissions policy, while many schools have already finalised their intake for next year. Meanwhile the Labour Party bill was blocked 10 months ago by the Government and…

It’s great to see such a turnout here to support our lad from Drogheda! The last twelve months have not represented Irish politics finest hour. Having squabbled for 70 days, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael finally came to an agreement. And we might have thought that some work would begin. Very quickly, we realised how…

Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan has said that Ireland is still not doing enough to tackle gender inequality in the workplace. It comes as employers in the UK have this month begun publishing figures on the salaries of their male and female workers for the first time, in a bid to reduce the gender pay gap…

Speech on Motion re Garda Síochána, Dáil Éireann, 11th April 2017 I move the amendment in my name and that of my Labour Party colleagues. In doing so, I want to concentrate on the many areas on which there is I believe broad agreement in this House. We were all disturbed at the news that…