Type: Press
Open the Gates of Fitzwillian Square Park says Cllr Dermot Lacey
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyCouncillor Dermot Lacey has once again called for the opening of Fitzwilliam Square Park to the Public and the many office users working in the surrounding areas. “As we enjoy the rare rays of sunshine it is quite simply unfair to the thousands of residents…
Read more »Sherlock welcomes commitment to return state funding to Scouting Ireland
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Children & Youth Affairs Seán Sherlock TD has welcomed the commitment made today by Minister Katherine Zappone to return funding to Scouting Ireland. Deputy Sherlock said: “The ongoing process of examining governance and safeguarding procedures in Scouting Ireland has been welcomed by…
Read more »Zero tolerance approach needed after over 700 assaults take place in hospitals in 18 months
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyCommenting on the publication of figures documenting the number of assaults on staff in HSE run hospitals, Labour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD has said that there needs to be a zero tolerance approach to attacks on hospital staff. Deputy Kelly said: “The shocking…
Read more »Government failure and UK backsliding mean risk of disastrous Brexit rising
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD has warned that the failure of the Government to deliver on the backstop, and the latest demand by Boris Johnson for a full British Brexit mean the risk of a disastrous Brexit is increasing, and that the Government should…
Read more »Labour expresses solidarity with workers in industrial disputes
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyAt a meeting of the Executive Board of the Labour Party today, members expressed solidarity and support to the Lloyds pharmacy workers seeking recognition from their employer, and the members of Fórsa in Roscommon seeking the retention of family friendly flexi-leave. Labour Party Chairman Jack…
Read more »More information needed on City Council proposals to dispose of depots across Dublin
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyCommenting on the report to Councillors on the proposal to consolidate depot sites and sell key sites, Labour Cllr Mary Freehill for the Rathmines Rathgar ward and former Lord Mayor of Dublin has said: “The Dublin City Council Chief Executive is keeping key information from…
Read more »Exam crisis entirely of Government’s own making
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Education, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said that the current controversy regarding examination marking is a crisis of the governments own making. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “The failure to deal with the teacher supply issue is linked with pay inequality in staff rooms…
Read more »More proactive approach on false self-employment needed after RTÉ revelations
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Employment Affairs spokesperson Senator Ged Nash has said the revelations that 157 workers at RTÉ were misclassified as self-employed shows the need for the Government to more pro-actively tackle this across the economy. Senator Nash said: “RTÉ did the right thing by reviewing the…
Read more »Dedicated transport police now needed
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Transport spokesperson Sen. Kevin Humphreys has welcomed the move by Irish Rail to put on extra security staff at certain north Dublin stations but said there was still a need for a dedicated transport police force to address the overall increase in violence and…
Read more »Engagement with unions needed to solve Lloyd’s dispute – Nash
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour Party Ahead of tomorrow’s planned industrial action by Lloyd’s Pharmacy staff, Labour Party spokesperson on Employment and Social Affairs, Ged Nash, has urged the company to accept the recent Labour Court recommendation. Senator Nash said: “Firstly, I want to offer Labour’s full support to the…
Read more »Increase rush hour services and stop messing with Free Travel Scheme
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour transport spokesperson Sen. Kevin Humphreys has called for an increase in rush hour public transport services, saying we can no longer tolerate silly debates about the free travel scheme, and the latest spat shows that it is time to put the scheme on a…
Read more »Labour Youth calls for more funding to the Rape Crisis Network Ireland
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Youth has today called for the restoration of funding to the Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI), the recipient of this year’s Jim Kemmy Thirst for Justice Award last weekend in Limerick. Speaking on the matter, Chairperson, Chloe Manahan has said “The work that the…
Read more »Time has come to regulate AirBnB short term lets
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe Seanad will tonight debate a bill introduced by Senator Kevin Humphreys to finally regulate ‘AirBnB’ type short term lets. The bill would ensure that these lets are classed as a commercial enterprise, require planning permission, and would reverse the trend of homes being used…
Read more »Howlin calls for funding to be restored to Rape Crisis Network
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyAt Leader’s Questions today, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin raised with the Taoiseach the need to restore funding to the Rape Crisis Network and for better data collection. Deputy Howlin said: “According to Garda statistics in 2017, there were 2,945 sexual offences committed in Ireland…
Read more »Reserving 1/4 school places for kids of past-pupils elitist & wrong
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour Party Labour Party Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has hit out at Fine Gael for reserving 25% of school places for the children and grandchildren of past-pupils in the Admissions to Schools Bill Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “It is outrageous that a school should be…
Read more »Donohoe misleading public on up to €2.2 billion available for new measures in Budget 2019
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Finance spokesperson Joan Burton has highlighted that there is actually up to €2.2 billion available in the fiscal space for new measures in Budget 2019 before any new revenue raising or saving measures, and that the Minister for Finance is misleading the public debate….
Read more »Build Social and Affordable Homes, Taoiseach
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyReacting to the Summer Economic Statement, Labour Party Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has said that it we are unlikely to see an affordable housing scheme from Fine Gael in the upcoming budget. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “It is clear from the Summer Economic Statement that…
Read more »No mention of childcare sector in Summer Economic Statement
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs has expressed his disappointment that there is no mention of the childcare sector in the Summer Economic Statement published today despite the strain these costs put on Irish parents and need to support staff in the sector in…
Read more »Proposal on Corporation Tax and Rainy Day Fund lack economic coherence
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyIn advance of the publication of the Summer Economic Statement, and responding to the suggestion by the Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe, that a portion of Corporation Tax revenue should be allocated to the Government’s proposed “rainy day fund”, Labour Finance spokesperson and former Tánaiste,…
Read more »Jack O Connor opens Campaign Office and launches online survey on Decent Work
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party in Co Wicklow is today opening a Campaign Office at 7 Marine Tce , Strand Road, Bray. Coinciding with this, the Party has launched an online survey to highlight the co-relation between low quality jobs and dependence on rented accommodation at rapidly…
Read more »A Trump Cruelty too far – Howlin asks Coveney to raise treatment of immigrant children with Pompeo
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD has called on Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney to raise the issue of children being separated from their parents by US immigration authorities in Texas, directly with the US Secretary of State. Since April this year over 2000…
Read more »If Northern Ireland’s Tectonic Plates are Shifting, it is Time to Prepare
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin, responding to reported remarks by the Taoiseach during the week that the “tectonic plates” in Northern Ireland are shifting, has repeated his call for a Forum, involving political and civic society, to discuss how nationalism could facilitate an agreed Ireland…
Read more »Another Fine Gael fail in health
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD, has criticised the Government’s failure to appoint an Executive Director to oversee the implantation of Sláintecare. Deputy Kelly said: “Almost 18 months after first talking about it, the Government has failed to appoint anyone to the position of…
Read more »Sinn Féin bottle it on No confidence motion
Press Archives – Page 108 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Kevin Humphreys has questioned why Sinn Féin have failed to table a motion of no confidence in the Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy in their private members time next Wednesday following weeks of speculation and game playing. Senator Humphreys said: “If Sinn Féin believe…
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