The revised estimate for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection was published today, and Labour’s Ged Nash said the budget figures raise questions over whether the pension age increase to 67 will still be stopped this year and called on the three parties negotiating for government to clarify their position. Deputy Nash, Labour’s…

Labour Party leader Alan Kelly has this morning endorsed the radical report ‘No Going Back’ from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, describing it as ‘the recovery plan Ireland needs to support workers and families by renewing the social contract with a commitment to well funded universal public services’. The Labour Leader specifically pointed to…

Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly will be available to speak to reporters on the Leinster House plinth at 11.15am this morning in advance of Leader statements in the Dáil. What: Labour doorstep with Party Leader Alan Kelly. Where: Leinster House plinth. When: 11.15am, Wednesday 27th May. ENDS

Following the elections to the Seanad, there were four vacant Labour Councillor seats. Nominations were opened recently to fill these positions, and where a contest was required due to more than one name going forward, selection conventions by remote vote where held today. The four new Labour Party Councillors are as follows: After the election…

Labour Party member of the Covid-19 Response Committee, Duncan Smith TD, has said the fact that HIQA have not yet visited any nursing homes affected by Covid-19 outbreaks is concerning. Deputy Smith said: “It is clear from the engagements the Covid-19 Response Committee today, that there is a clear lack of clinical oversight of nursing…

With more people slowly returning to work, Labour’s Seán Sherlock said that a cast iron guarantee was needed that childcare for essential workers would return on 29th June as the Government has promised, as concerns in the sector grow. It comes as Deputy Sherlock raised it directly with the Minister in the Dáil last week,…

The drop of over 35,000 in claimants for the €350 Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shows people are going back to work, said Labour’s Ged Nash, and reiterated that plans by FG and FF to cut it for the lowest paid workers are wrong. Deputy Nash, Labour’s Employment Affairs and Social Protection spokesperson said: “With over…

Labour Senator Mark Wall has called once again for the representative bodies of our Defence Forces such as PDFORRA to be allowed affiliate to ICTU and access the industrial relations machinery of the State as recommended by the ESRC. Senator Wall said: “Due to a lack of action, PDFORRA has now had to lodge a…