Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin, Rebecca Moynihan has criticised the hypocrisy of the Taoiseach’s position on illegal Irish immigrants in America and called on the Government to support a regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants on this side of the Atlantic. This follows the remarks on Monday by the Boston Mayor Martin Walsh that he would…

Labour spokesperson on Jobs, and Tipperary TD, Alan Kelly has said that the loss of over 200 jobs at Coty by the end of 2018 is a huge blow for Nenagh, and urgent Government action is needed in response. The job losses raise serious concerns for other pharmaceutical plants across Ireland, and what the Government…

The Government is pressing ahead with plans to sell-off 25% of AIB. Labour leader Brendan Howlin has called on those plans to be put on hold until guarantees are secured that the proceeds can be invested in Irish infrastructure. Michael Noonan recently informed the Dáil that “the sale of any shareholding in any of the…

Speech by Jan O’Sullivan TD in Dáil Éireann on Thursday 9th March 2017 on ‘Statements on the announcement by the Commission of Investigation confirming human remains on the site of the former Tuam Mother and Baby home’. I welcome the fact that the Minister has indicated she will publish the report. We need an explanation…

Labour Women has today welcomed the publication of Labour’s Bill to help address the gender pay gap. Speaking on the matter Labour Women Chair Sinead Ahern commented: “It’s well known that women earn less than their male colleagues and the statistics released this week shows little has changed in that regard, with Irish women earning…

Labour Senator Ged Nash has claimed that the Government is ‘bending the knee’ to Britain with rushed and unnecessary legislation to give legal effect to a 60 year old ‘voisinage agreement’ which allowed Northern Irish registered vessels to fish within 6 nautical miles of the coastline of the Irish Republic. Senator Nash explained, “The Minister…

The Labour Party has today published legislation that aims to drive efforts towards closing the gender pay gap in Ireland. The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2017 requires medium to large-sized companies to regularly publish wage transparency surveys that would highlight any difference in pay between their male and female employees. Commenting on the publication…

Labour Leader and Justice spokesperson Brendan Howlin TD will today publish a bill aimed at closing the gender pay gap along with a new Labour policy paper on gender equality in the workplace He will be joined by Jan O’Sullivan TD, and Senator Ivana Bacik at 10.15am on the plinth, to take questions on the…