News – The Labour PartyReacting to the Summer Economic Statement, Labour Party Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has said that it we are unlikely to see an affordable housing scheme from Fine Gael in the upcoming budget. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “It is clear from the Summer Economic Statement that the Government has no intention of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs has expressed his disappointment that there is no mention of the childcare sector in the Summer Economic Statement published today despite the strain these costs put on Irish parents and need to support staff in the sector in the drive to full employment. Deputy…

News – The Labour PartyIrish-born US Immigration lawyer Fiona McEntee will be available to speak to the media on Wednesday 20th June at 11.15am in Buswells with Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. He will also be joined by Senator Billy Lawless. Please note that there is no other briefing event today. The briefing is in response…

News – The Labour PartyIn advance of the publication of the Summer Economic Statement, and responding to the suggestion by the Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe, that a portion of Corporation Tax revenue should be allocated to the Government’s proposed “rainy day fund”, Labour Finance spokesperson and former Tánaiste, Joan Burton TD, criticised the lack…

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party in Co Wicklow is today opening a Campaign Office at 7 Marine Tce , Strand Road, Bray. Coinciding with this, the Party has launched an online survey to highlight the co-relation between low quality jobs and dependence on rented accommodation at rapidly escalating prices, among younger workers.The survey…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD has called on Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney to raise the issue of children being separated from their parents by US immigration authorities in Texas, directly with the US Secretary of State. Since April this year over 2000 children have been separated from their…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin, responding to reported remarks by the Taoiseach during the week that the “tectonic plates” in Northern Ireland are shifting, has repeated his call for a Forum, involving political and civic society, to discuss how nationalism could facilitate an agreed Ireland in the event of a border…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD, has criticised the Government’s failure to appoint an Executive Director to oversee the implantation of Sláintecare. Deputy Kelly said: “Almost 18 months after first talking about it, the Government has failed to appoint anyone to the position of Executive Director in the SlainteCare Implementation…