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Intervention of Taoiseach needed to resolve School Reopening Shambles

Labour spokesperson on Education, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, has called on the Taoiseach to intervene to resolve the shambles that his Minister and her Department have created over the reopening of schools for children with special needs. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said:“The Minister for Education and her Department have handled the reopening of schools for SEN…

19 January 2021

Closing a dark chapter is no use unless we also turn over a new leaf

Statement in Seanad Éireann by Labour Party spokesperson for Children, Disability, Equality & Integration, Senator Ivana Bacik,  on the Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes   I welcome the publication last week of the Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. Its publication and the subsequent…

Ivana Bacik TD
19 January 2021

Labour Introduces Bill to Provide Free Period Products

The Period Products (Free Provisions) Bill was today introduced into the Seanad by Senator Rebecca Moynihan. If enacted, the Period Justice Bill would provide for period products to be freely available in schools, education institutions and public service buildings. The Bill also places an obligation on the Minister to engage in an information campaign to…

Senator Rebecca Moynihan
19 January 2021

Taoiseach must take control of the education mess

With less than 48 hours to go until the planned re-opening of SEN schools and classes, Labour spokesperson on Education, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, has called on the Taoiseach to intervene and show leadership on this issue.   Deputy Ó Ríordáin said:   “Despite the many missives from the Minister, the re-opening of SEN schools…

19 January 2021

Labour Party Publishes Information and Tracing Bill for Mother & Baby Home Survivors

Bill will provide improved access to birth information and tracing for adopted people  The Labour Party today published its Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2021 which will provide improved information and tracing access for adopted people. If enacted, this Bill will amend the Adoption Act 2010 to provide adopted persons with the right to access…

Ivana Bacik TD
19 January 2021

Labour to publish Information and Tracing Bill for Mother & Baby Home Survivors – 12pm LH Plinth

Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly and Seanad Leader Ivana Bacik will be available to speak to the media at 12pm today, Tuesday 19th January on the Leinster House plinth when they publish a bill to allow adopted people access to their birth certs. What: Doorstep with Alan Kelly and Ivana Bacik on launch of Adoption…

Labour Trade Unionists
18 January 2021

Arrest of Navalny shows need for Irish Magnitsky bill

Ireland must lead on human rights abuses and use Security Council seat to make an impact. Howlin’s Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill, based on the Magnitsky Bill would allow for CAB to seize assets in Ireland that result from international human rights abuses. The arrest today, and previous poisoning of the Russian…

Labour Admin

18 January 2021

Transparency on status of bank bonuses and pay cap needed if AIB buys Goodbody

Return to the speculative economy of the Celtic Tiger must be opposed. Labour Finance spokesperson Ged Nash has called on the Minister and the Department for Finance to be transparent on what carve out, if any has been provided for banker bonuses and stockbroker pay if AIB proceeds to repurchase Goodbody stockbrokers. Deputy Nash said:…

18 January 2021

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