Responding to reports that the ASTI is advising its teachers to wait until it has received appropriate legal protection before engaging with the new Leaving Cert grades system, Labour Education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said: “This is an extremely worrying development in the Leaving Cert 2020 debacle and frankly highlights the legal fragility of this…

With the Government now moving to indemnify teachers and schools from any legal cases, Labour Education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said it is essential that the legal advice received by the Minister on the cancellation of the exam be published. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “The Minister for Education will today seek Cabinet approval for a…

Taoiseach, our thoughts are with the families of this who lost their lives in the last week and to all the workers out there who are our heroes. This week I want to raise three issues with you: Workers & Consistency of Public Health Advice Opening up Non Covid Health Services & Cancer Screening &…

Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly will be available to speak to reporters on the Leinster House plinth at 11.30am in advance of the Dáil resuming today. What: Labour doorstep with Party Leader Alan Kelly. Where: Leinster House plinth. When: 11.30am, Thursday 21st May. ENDS

Labour Party spokesperson on Sport, Senator Mark Wall has backed the call from the Federation of Irish Sport for supports to help sporting organisations and clubs survive, and get back up and running. Senator Wall said: “While some tennis and golf returned since Monday, for all other organised sports it has been a long ten…

Where is the Taskforce FG promised over 100 days ago? Following another shooting today, this time in Coolock, Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said that gun crime was out of control and that additional garda resources and a designated task force, as was promised, is now needed on the northside of the city. Deputy Ó…

In the Dáil today, Labour’s Brendan Howlin TD questioned the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure in relation to EU COVID-19 funds. Deputy Howlin said: “We must learn from the experience of the last crisis where, unfortunately, there was a distinct lack of solidarity across the European Union towards those countries worst affected by the…

Labour Senator Marie Sherlock has again called on Government to take seriously the issue of women returning to work from maternity leave. Senator Sherlock said: “It is nearly a month now since an anomaly was first identified in the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) that is resulting in some new mothers returning to work being disqualified…