Labour health spokesperson Duncan Smith has said he finds it hard to believe that the Government will make good on its latest commitment to children awaiting spinal surgery. Deputy Smith said: “It’s nearly seven years since then-Minister, Simon Harris, said no child would wait longer than four months for a scoliosis procedure by the end…

Labour Senator Mark Wall has called for immediate action following the publication of the latest “Locked Out of the Market” report from the Simon Community, which revealed only 33 rental properties nationwide available within the discretionary rate of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme. The report, published today 22nd October, exposes the scale of the…

Use next week’s Dáil recess to pass Bill Labour’s Duncan Smith TD today called on the Government to stop delaying the passage of the Occupied Territories Bill and take action next week during what was supposed to be a recess period for the Dáil. Deputy Smith said: “We have watched in horror over the past…

Labour General Election candidate Cllr. Ciarán Ahern has expressed concern over the findings of a recent Workplace Equality Report, as three in four workers surveyed reported issues with discrimination. This survey found that 74pc of workers had observed an issue with discrimination in their workplace. 57pc said their career had been hindered by discrimination (including…

Quality of education being undermined. Broad range of issues impacting on recruitment and retention must be addressed with a new taskforce. Key worker housing needed in our main cities. Labour candidate for Kildare North, Angela Feeney has called on the Minister for Education to establish a taskforce to address the broad range of issues impacting…

Labour’s General Election Candidate in Cork South Central, Councillor Laura Harmon today slammed government inaction to tackle the shocking levels of child poverty across Ireland. Councillor Laura Harmon said: “Nearly 60,000 children in Ireland are living in consistent poverty, and one in five children face enforced deprivation. In a country as wealthy as Ireland, this…

Government has had the chance to put serious vacant homes tax in place, purchase key vacant sites in the inner city and increase drug treatment provision with billions in budget surpluses but it has failed. Almost 11months to the day since the riots in Dublin, Garda numbers in Dublin are only crawling up with no…

The Labour Party is calling on government parties to back the Labour Party Dáil motion to end the cap on healthcare recruitment and deliver safe staffing levels in our hospitals and community services to support patient care. Under the new HSE Pay and Numbers Strategy, positions are deliberately being left vacant and unfilled, and this…