Commenting on the decision to postpone the Leaving Cert exams until later in the summer, Labour spokesperson on Education, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin T.D, said: “I accept that the Department of Education are in an impossible position with regard to the State exams. “This is already an extremely stressful time for students who have been preparing…

Labour Party Leader, Alan Kelly TD, has slammed the decision to allow hundreds of UK citizens holiday in Ireland for the Easter break. Deputy Kelly said: “The images of dozens of cars with UK registrations arriving at our ports over the last few days is rightfully enraging so many people across Ireland. “Questions need to…

Labour Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, has hit out at the Department of Education and the HSE for the way they have handled a potential redeployment of Special Needs Assistants. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “The mess the Government have made of asking SNAs to be redeployed as healthcare assistants is completely unnecessary. “At this…

Labour Party TD for Dublin Fingal, Duncan Smith, has called for priority treatment for HSE staff on our roads. Deputy Smith said: “As part of Operation Fanacht, we are seeing the Gardaí implement more checks on our roads and are rerouting many drivers at this time, including nurses and doctors who are en route to…

Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly TD, has said acquiring high quality Personal Protective Equipment for our frontline healthcare workers is the best thing the Government and HSE could do on World Health Day. Deputy Kelly said: “This World Health Day we must single out the trojan work our frontline staff in the health service are…

Labour TD Seán Sherlock has called for a support payment to be immediately made available to apprentices who have been left high and dry with no income following the Covid-19 lockdown. Deputy Sherlock said: “The Government has made available income supports to employees and businesses but some groups such as apprentices have fallen through the…

Labour Party Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, has called on third-level institutions and the further education sector to introduce a ‘no-detriment’ style policy for the remainder of the academic year. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “Students have been out of college since March 13th, nearly a month ago. Many students have still received very little clarity…

Labour Spokesperson on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Ged Nash TD, has said the Government must amend the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) to address the perverse situation where many lower paid workers would be financially better off having lost their jobs than being retained by their employer on the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS)….