News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Seán Sherlock TD, has called for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone to take action to address several major non-compliance issues in child protection and welfare services highlighted by HIQA in Carlow/ Kilkenny and South Tipperary. The inspection found five standards…

News – The Labour Party Vice Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, Alan Kelly TD has called on the Department of the Taoiseach to come before the Public Accounts Committee to face questioning on the spending by the Strategic Communications Unit on the advertisement of the Ireland 2040 project. Deputy Kelly said: “Following advertisements in…

News – The Labour PartyAs the UK Labour Party prepares to commit to continued participation in a customs union with the EU, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has highlighted that the vote in Westminister could hinge on the absent votes of Sinn Féin MPs that could determine our island’s future, and called on them to…

News – The Labour PartySenator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is to lead another protest rally against President Donald Trump and his Irish-American support in the Riverside Church, New York City on March 16th in aid of the American Civil Liberties Union. This follows last year’s event which attracted over 1,500 people to the iconic Manhattan venue…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Tourism Cllr Niall McNelis has welcomed the opening tonight of the Picture Palace in Galway, saying thenew cultural infrastructure will be a great boost to the west of Ireland and for the city as it prepares to celebrate being European Capital of Culture in 2020. Cllr McNelis said:…

News – The Labour PartyI will concentrate on the importance of the Mercosur negotiations. If their outcome and that of Brexit are not successful from our perspective, it is conceivable that our beef industry will be obliterated. Ireland’s interest in the EU-Mercosur talks is clearly centred on beef. Irish farmers are understandably concerned that the…

News – The Labour PartyDáil Éireann, February 21st, 2018 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Page 16 of the 177-page-long National Planning Framework has a section entitled Learning from the Past and it refers to the 2002 National Planning Strategy as being “not a statutory plan with legislative backing” It then refers to the Planning and Development (Amendment)…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has criticised the Government and HSE for failing to tackle the trolley crisis in our hospitals. Deputy Kelly said: “Six weeks after the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation recorded 677 patients on trolleys, it is scandalous that we are still seeing trolley watch…