Labour Senator Mairia Cahill has thanked all those TDs and Senators who took part in the briefing and photocall that she organised with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Women’s Aid and One in Four today. Speaking this afternoon, Senator Cahill said: “Today’s event was a great success, and I would like to thank those from…

Speaking at the launch of National Skills Strategy I’m very pleased to be here in Blackrock Further Education Institute to launch the new National Skills Strategy. This Strategy has been named “Ireland’s Future” and for good reason. While we will shortly have more than 2 million people at work and unemployment has dropped to 8.8%,…

Labour Youth has joined with the Young European Socialists in condemning the Danish parliament’s decision to seize assets from refugees. Labour Youth International Officer, Declan Meenagh said, “The passage of this cruel law is deeply shocking to Labour Youth. Many of us who would normally look to Denmark as a bastion of progressive values have…

I WELCOME the publication today of the 2015 Social Housing report by Minister Alan Kelly. This report published in collaboration with the Housing Agency enhances openness and transparency around the delivery of the social housing strategy and other programmes to tackle the current housing crisis. There are many aspects of the report to be welcomed…

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, New Communities, Culture and Drugs Strategy, today announced that the Government has approved proposals for the necessary legislative amendments to family leave legislation to allow for the introduction of 2 weeks paternity leave, as from September 2016. The 2 weeks’ leave will be accompanied…

 –       13,000 new units across all schemes –       2,000 people exited homelessness –       420 Housing Staff Employed –       5,000 new units under construction rising to 10,000 per year  Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly T.D. in collaboration with the Housing Agency, today (26 January 2016) published the Social Housing Output in…

– 400 new local authority staff to support the construction of 10,000 homes per year The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly T.D., today announced a further allocation of funding of €182 million for the delivery of nearly 1,000 additional social housing units.  These most recent approvals follow two large scale…

Kathleen Lynch T.D., Minister for Social Care (Older People and Disabilities), Primary Care and Mental Health today announced one of the most comprehensive programmes of investment in public nursing home facilities in the history of the State. The investment is planned for 90 centres across the country between now and 2021. This includes the replacement…