Dublin Bay North TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said he will fast-track legislation to compel employers to reveal details their organisation’s gender pay gap if he is elected as Labour Party leader next month. Speaking on International Women’s Day (Sunday 8th March), the Labour leadership contender said too little had been achieved on gender pay…

Labour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD, has welcomed news that the HSE recruitment ban has been lifted for nurses and midwives but has called for clarity on the status of the ban for other healthcare professionals. Deputy Kelly said: “I very much welcome the announcement from the General Secretary of the INMO, Phil Ní…

The Labour Party has set out plans to increase the National Minimum Wage next year to €11.25 (up from €10.10) and formally link the rate to two-thirds of median hourly earnings. These are some of the proposals laid out in the party’s submission to the Low Pay Commission for the 2021 rate of the minimum…

Speech by Alan Kelly to Labour Party Leadership Hustings, Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport, Thursday 6th March 2020 Sinn Fein in opposition makes the challenge harder Party must campaign for ‘workers who worry’ Kelly has track record as Health spokesperson of leading national conversation Dear Friends & Comrades It is an honour to stand here before…

Statements on COVID-19 Dáil Éireann, 5th March 2020 Check against Delivery Calls on Government to change the social protection rules so that workers can afford to stay at home if they need to self-isolate. Calls for a Dáil committee on Covid-19, which would be available at a moment’s notice, to make the difficult decisions that…

Speech by Aodhán Ó Ríordáin to Labour Party Leadership Hustings, Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport, Thursday 6th March 2020 When I joined the Labour Party as a young teacher, I was teaching ten-year-old girls in Sheriff Street, in inner-city Dublin. I quickly saw how they were missing out on so many opportunities I had taken for…

Remarks by Brendan Howlin TD on Dáil statements after the European Council meeting of 20th-21st February The European Council meeting on the 20th February failed. It failed to reach agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework for the next seven years. It failed to take robust action to resolve the human rights abuses occurring in Syria….

Speaking on World Book Day, Labour education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin today called for the establishment of a single State agency to tackle Ireland’s literacy problem. The Dublin Bay North TD said almost 18% of Irish adults were ‘functionally illiterate,’ which means they can’t read simple application forms or medicine bottles, while a third of…