Labour health spokesperson Duncan Smith said it is unbelievable and shocking to learn that heavy medications are being prescribed to young people without the clinical back up and support that’s required. Responding to the Mental Health Commission report into issues in CAMHS, Deputy Smith said a root and branch nationwide audit on services must be…

Responding to figures published by the ESRI today showing a very large migrant earnings gap of 22%, Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has said the figures must be a wake up call to Government and that we need to see comprehensive union recognition and collective bargaining rights in this country. If Government has a genuine…

Labour justice spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said it is concerning to see a huge drop off in the recruitment of Gardaí. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “I am extremely concerned at the decreasing number of members of An Garda Síochana. With numbers dropping to 13,907 in November 2022, from 17,750 in March 2020,it raises serious questions…

Labour advises Minister to publish revised SIPO return Labour finance and public expenditure and reform spokesperson Ged Nash has urged Minister Donohoe to engage in a question and answer session in the Dáil today. Deputy Nash said: “The Minister told the Dáil this morning that he plans to make an additional statement to the Dáil…

Workers must receive best possible redundancy package Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has expressed solidarity with Argos workers who have received new that its Irish outlets will close. We understand that the closures will be staggered across May and June starting with Portlaoise, St Stephen’s Green and Galway with the remainder to close by June…

Delays in the publishing of Dr Geoffrey Shannon’s report into the mishandling of abuse cases at St. John’s Ambulance is wholly unacceptable and leading to a retraumatising of victims and survivors, Labour Senator Annie Hoey has said. Dublin Northwest Senator and Oireachtas Health Committee member Annie Hoey said: “In November, the Seanad Labour Party group…

Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik has called on the Taoiseach to answer the questions she asked him in the Dáil today at Leaders Question on Fine Gael conduct and ethics in public office Deputy Bacik said: “In the Dáil today at Leaders Questions I asked the Fine Gael Taoiseach a series of questions about ethical…

Labour Party Workers’ Rights spokesperson, Senator Marie Sherlock, has called on the developers of the new Clerys Quarter to live up to their commitments by ensuring the new commercial centre provides good jobs for workers from the local community and those formerly employed on the site. Sherlock said: “That the Clerys Quarter will open shortly…