News – The Labour PartyLabour Party leader Ivana Bacik TD called out the failure of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to tackle the housing disaster during Leaders’ Questions today. Deputy Bacik said: “The trends are going in all the wrong direction – building targets will be missed, construction activity declining, rents rising and 60% of…

News – The Labour Party Urgent need to turn the tide on child influenza hospitalisations which are now 40% of total flu hospitalisations. Healthcare staff must be incentivised to take up vaccines.  Inefficiency of going it alone on vaccine and medicine procurement as ten countries are accessing enhanced flu vaccine while older people in Ireland cannot due to cost.  Labour Health Spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has called for…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has called on the Minister for Education to take action following an incredible 85% of teachers surveyed reporting moderate to high work related burnout. Deputy Kenny said: “From experience in the teaching profession, I am acutely aware of the very genuine concerns being expressed in…

News – The Labour PartyResponding to a study by the Society of Chartered Engineers and Surveyors, Labour Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has said that the measures introduced in the Budget which they claim has closed the viability gap in the construction of apartments will continue to push the price of apartments up. Deputy Sheehan…

News – The Labour Party Minister for Health must clarify exact amount sought by drugs companies from the HSE for enhanced flu vaccine. HIQA economic cost benefit modelling of adjuvanted IIV flu vaccine does not include the hundreds of millions to be spent by the HSE in purchasing private bed surge capacity. Penny pinching by…

News – The Labour Party Bacik to introduce legislation to hold religious orders accountable for historic institutional abuse The Civil Liability (Child Sexual Abuse Proceedings Unincorporated Bodies of Persons) Bill 2023 will close long-standing loopholes that have allowed unincorporated bodies to avoid responsibility, even as they transferred assets into complex trust arrangements. Labour Leader and…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has described the model of housing delivery as fundamentally broken, with news that the cost of building apartments in Dublin has exploded to over €600,000. Deputy Sheehan said: “Fianna Fáil are continually chasing the private developer industry despite ample evidence that this simply is not…

News – The Labour Party  East Meath, Lucan and North Inner City Dublin have poorest ratios of GPs to population  National average is 1,759 people to one GP  Labour Party to introduce legislation requiring the HSE to ensure that GPs are distributed fairly across all parts of the country   Labour’s health spokesperson Marie Sherlock…