Labour Party Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan has said that if we are to fulfill the ideals of the Democratic Programme one hundred years after its publication, then we must remove all barriers to housing and bring an end to family homelessness.  Deputy O’Sullivan said: “The Labour Party is bringing a motion before the Dáil today to set out a…

Speech by Labour TD, Deputy Brendan Ryan, in Dáil Éireann, 05/02/2019 Remarks on Job Path The Labour Party will be supporting the Sinn Féin motion tonight. The devastating crash caused by Fianna Fáil’s disastrous economic management saw unemployment peak in late 2011 at 15.9%, with hundreds of thousands losing their jobs, emigrating or underemployed. The…

Decency, Justice and Equality are Labour’s core values. Today we are talking about what these values mean when it comes to children and young people. When Labour’s leader, Tom Johnson, wrote the 1919 Democratic Programme of the First Dáil, he stressed that “the first duty” of Government was towards the education, development and welfare of…

Speaking in the Dáil today, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD raised the issue of the ongoing failure of the government to deliver new GP contracts. Speaking today, Deputy Howlin said: “Fine Gael has been in charge of the Department of Health since March 2011. We have come out of the austerity years,…

To mark the centenary of the 1st Dáil and the Democratic Programme, a motion will be debated today in Labour Party Private Members Time calling for a fair start for every child. Recognising and emphasising that Government’s first duty is to the child, the motion proposes and demands policy commitments, and the swift implementation of…

Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has said further answers are needed from Simon Harris and Paschal Donohoe on the mismanagement of the National Children’s Hospital overspend. Deputy Kelly:  “Following my questions at today’s Health Committee, it is astounding that no formal meetings took place between Department of Health and the Department of Public…

Labour Party TD Jan O’Sullivan and Senators Ivana Bacik and Kevin Humphreys will be available today at 11.30 to speak to reporters on Labour Private Members’ Business taking place in the Dáil and Seanad today. This media briefing will take place on the Leinster House Plinth. Today in the Dáil Labour TDs will bring forward…

Labour Seanad Whip, Sen. Kevin Humphreys has confirmed that the Labour group will tomorrow, Wednesday 6th February facilitate the committee stage of the Social Democrat’s Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017. It follows repeated stalling by Fine Gael on the bill, that had previously passed the Dáil unopposed. Sen. Humphreys said: “Tomorrow during Labour Party Seanad…