Labour TD Joan Burton will today, Thursday 24th January publish a new bill that would address the problems caused by illegal adoptions where people were not provided with an adoption certificate but rather a false birth certificate without any evidence of their adoption. The launch will take place in the Boardroom in Buswells at 11am,…

Labour LGBT are concerned the producers of the RTÉ PrimeTime programme airing this evening have decided to go ahead with a programme on Trans Youth, despite the clear calls not to do so by those who are directly concerned with the welfare of young Trans people and their families in Ireland. Labour LGBT believes the…

Labour Spokeswomen on Arts and Heritage, Joan Burton TD, has extended congratulations to Element Pictures, Louise Bagnall and Robbie Ryan for their Oscar nominations announced today. Deputy Burton also emphasised that these nominations should serve to highlight the value of investing the arts in Ireland. Deputy Burton said; “Another year of nominations for Irish film…

Labour Party health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has said that this Cervical Cancer Prevention Week the Minister for Health must commit to setting out timelines on four key issues when it comes to cervical cancer.  Deputy Kelly said: “While there has been much scandal around CervicalCheck this year, it is still imperative for women to…

Labour Spokesperson for Urban Regeneration, Joe Costello, has called on the government to act to tackle the sustained rise in childhood homeless.  Mr. Costello said: “The sharp increase in the number of homeless children who were treated in Temple St Hospital in 2018 compared to 2017 from 651 to 842 is alarming. “It reflects the…

Labour Transport Spokesperson Senator Kevin Humphreys has called on Minister Ross to reinvigorate and expand the ‘Local Area Hackney’ or ‘Rural Hackney’ license scheme, and expressed concerns about the back of the envelope plan proposed by Minister Daly which opens the door to Uber as a public transport service model in Ireland.  Senator Humphreys said:  “While finding more creative…

Labour Party health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has said the Minister for Health must honour their proposals passed by the Dáil on the nurses strike. Deputy Kelly said “According to the INMO, the HSE and the Department of health have made no proposals to averting strike action due to take place in just over a…

Remarks at the Centenary of the First Dáil, Mansion House, Dublin 21st January 2019. Brendan Howlin TD, Leader of the Labour Party Ireland is one of only a handful of countries that has sustained a democratically-elected Parliament, uninterrupted, for a century. I’m proud of the role that the Labour Party has played to improve the…