News – The Labour Party Medical Council Report paints picture of basic admin errors and IT risk. Serious questions on the moving of almost 4,000 staff and the dramatic move from paper to electronic health records. Serious questions from recruitment at CHI. Does Minister have confidence in CHI’s capacity to relocate? Labour’s health spokesperson Marie…

News – The Labour PartyLabour transport spokesperson Ciaran Ahern TD has urged the Transport Minister to instigate a safety review into dazzling LED headlights in Ireland. Deputy Ahern said: “New LED lights, and those with high intensity discharge (HID), provide greater brightness for road users at night, but the brightness levels of some of these…

News – The Labour Party Legal certainty needed with amnesty on historic Carer tax bills. Rules applying to the Home Carer Tax Credit should be amended to exempt Carer Allowance income and include single people. Carer’s save State over €20 billion annually. Labour Social Protection spokesperson Mark Wall TD has today called on the Ministers…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has today warned that Government is leaving workers and households dangerously exposed to a potential global economic downturn, as she challenged the Taoiseach in the Dáil to take seriously the growing instability caused by US President Donald Trump’s trade threats and attacks on international norms. Speaking…

News – The Labour PartyChairperson of the Oireachtas Media Committee and Labour TD Alan Kelly has welcomed news that Government will address legal gaps and loopholes to address AI generated sexual abuse imagery. Deputy Kelly said: “It’s welcome that the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Ministers for AI and Justice are heeding the caution issued by the Labour…

News – The Labour Party Oxfam report shows billionaire boom exposes broken system Labour’s Finance Spokesperson Deputy Ged Nash has today called for the immediate introduction of a targeted net wealth tax in Ireland. He made the call following a new Oxfam report which found that Ireland’s 11 billionaires now hold more wealth than 66…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has today warned that Ireland should be extremely cautious about Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ or any alternative initiatives that risk undermining established international diplomacy. Deputy Smith called on the Government to to reject any approach that distracts from the urgent need to end the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour education spokesperson Deputy Eoghan Kenny has said that Government must urgently overhaul how school places for children with autism are planned and allocated, following an Examiner report today that a Dublin mother was told to apply for a place in Wicklow and Kildare despite living just yards from a local…