Labour TD Ged Nash has called on the Minister for Finance to take urgent action to stop banks – particularly those in which the State holds a majority share – withdrawing mortgage approval from workers availing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme. Deputy Nash said: “I have recently been contacted by several constituents on the…

Labour Party member of the Covid-19 Response Committee, Duncan Smith TD, has said that any further negotiations with private hospitals should include considerations to nationalise one or two private hospitals. Deputy Smith said: “Following my questioning at the Covid-19 Response Committee today, the Department of Health and HSE confirmed to me that buying one or…

Labour Senator Annie Hoey has written to the Minister for Justice asking him to intervene and address the concerns of the community and asylum seekers staying in accommodation at the Central Hostel in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare. Senator Hoey said: “I am deeply concerned at what has been revealed to be going on at the…

Labour Party Senator Ivana Bacik has expressed her concern that current political developments could restrict abortion access for women in Northern Ireland. Senator Bacik has said: “I echo concerns voiced today by pro-choice campaigners in Northern Ireland about any step backwards in the fight for reproductive justice and gender equality on the island of Ireland….

Commenting on racial tensions continuing to unfold across the United States, Labour Party Leader, Alan Kelly TD, said the voices of black people in Ireland need to be listened to. Deputy Kelly said: “The scenes that have been unfolding in the United States over the weekend, particularly overnight are sobering and a reminder of the…

Launching the Labour Party’s ‘Richard O’Carroll Empowerment Bursary’, Labour’s Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has invited students to apply for the bursary for the upcoming 2020-21 academic year. The bursary, worth €2,000, is named after the leader of the Labour Group on Dublin Corporation who was killed during the Easter 1916 Rising, Cllr Richard O’Carroll….

– Still too many questions before parents, workers and providers have confidence to reopen on the 29th June. Labour Deputy Seán Sherlock has called on the government to clarify whether the Temporary Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme will cease on the 29th June. “The announcement by the Minister that the Early Years Sector is to open for all workers on…

Labour Party Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called for the Government to commit to financing the resources needed to enable schools to return safely. This comes as the Minister for Education said that no additional financial resources have been yet allocated to schools to aid them in reopening. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “Why is…