Type: Press

Labour Party representative for Dún Laoghaire, Cllr Deirdre Kingston, has called on the Minister for Education to ensure building starts of a new Educate Together primary school in Dún Laoghaire. School children are currently in temporary accommodation while the Department slowly reviews a permanent site location. Cllr Kingston said:  “At the moment, the children are…

 Labour Party Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said that unless the Minister for Education addresses the issues with higher education funding, the sector will remain stagnant.  Senator Ó Ríordáin said:  “While I am no fan of education ranking systems, the fact that Irish universities continue to fall in the QS World University Rankings, is…

Labour spokesperson on Finance, Joan Burton has welcomed the successful conclusion of the trial of former Anglo Irish chief executive David Drumm who has been found guilty of two counts of fraud. Deputy Burton said: “Finally our courts and jury system have recognised that a fraudulent financial transaction was at the heart of Anglo Irish…

Labour spokesperson on Housing Jan O’Sullivan TD has warned that any additional revenue from house building activity should be invested in public social and affordable housing rather than put into a rainy day fund as recommended by the Fiscal Advisory Council, and at the same time would reduce public spending on rental supports. Deputy O’Sullivan…

Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has said that Fine Gael are incapable of fixing the trolley crisis. This comes as INMO Trolley Watch figures show that over 9,000 people were on trolleys in our hospitals in the month of May. Deputy Kelly said: “It is clear now that after a seven-year hold in…

Labour Education Spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has passed on best wishes to the thousands of Junior and Leaving Cert students beginning their exams this week. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “I’d like to pass on my best wishes to the thousands of students right around the country who are beginning the State exams this week. “It’s…

The Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin, has called on the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure, to stop playing party politics with basic budgetary information. Deputy Howlin said: “The newspapers have abounded in the last few days about how the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure is laying traps for the opposition in the run…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin said that Sinn Fein should attend Westminster on June 12 next to support Lords’ Amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill. Deputy Howlin said: “Mrs May’s Government announced that they would be dealing with the House of Lords’ Amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill in a single day on June 12th….

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has said that the comments today by Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan that Fine Gael would rule out a post election deal with Sinn Fein cannot be taken seriously as he has been content to negotiate and agree policy proposals in recent weeks when it suited him. The full details…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin said today history will judge those that led the UK to Brexit as treasonous if the UK contingency planning scenarios published in today’s Sunday Times materialise. Deputy Howlin said: “If the British people are to run the risk of the nightmare scenario in Government contingency planning depicted in the Sunday…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has said the Brexit position of the British Government amounted to a modern day ‘Very British Coup.’, following on from his comments yesterday on the need for May to demonstrate her mandate on Brexit. Deputy Howlin said: “It is entirely unclear that the positions being pursed by the British Government…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has queried the value of further discussions with the British Government on its Brexit strategy without evidence that that strategy has the support of the House of Commons. Deputy Howlin said: “Mrs May’s Government is currently seeking to engage with the European Union on its various Brexit scenarios, while in…

If it takes Fine Gael and Fianna Fail as long to wake up and smell the roses on Housing and the Transport infrastructure, as it did on the 8th Amendment, we’ll be well into the next crisis said Jack O Connor Addressing Labour Party members who participated in the “YES” campaign in Wicklow, Party Chairperson Jack…

Labour Senator Kevin Humphreys has criticised the continued failure of the Government to act to regulate and tackle the massive increase in the use of homes in our cities for short term lets that is worsening the housing crisis. Senator Humphreys said: “I have been raising my concerns regarding the massive increase in the use…

Labour spokesperson on Employment Affairs & Social Protection, Senator Ged Nash has welcomed the 30 cent an hour pay hike for close to 20,000 security workers across the country which will come into effect tomorrow, Friday, 1st June. Senator Nash said: “This new legal minimum rate of pay of €11.35 per hour in the security…

Commenting on April’s homeless figures, Labour Party Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan said:  “While homeless figures for April announced today show a very slight decrease they are still alarmingly high but the most concerning aspect is the increase in the number of children who are without a home by 43 bringing the total number of homeless…

Labour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD has called on Minister Simon Harris and the HSE to ensure all those women impacted by the Cervical Check scandal have their full files and audit results provided to them without delay as he committed to yesterday in the Dáil. Deputy Kelly said: “With Standing4Women protests planned for…

Labour Party spokesperson on Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan TD, will today bring the Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty Bill to the Dáil during Private Members’ Time. This Bill seeks to give renters greater security in their homes. Ahead of the Dáil debate, Deputy O’Sullivan said: “Today the Dáil will debate the Labour…

Reacting to the breaking news of the incorrect registration of adoptions of at least 126 children between 1946 and 1969, Labour TD Joan Burton has called for the urgent implementation of adoption tracing legislation. Deputy Burton said: “The news today is very serious and needs urgent attention. As someone who was adopted, I am deeply…

“It is with sadness we hear of the death of Jimmy Kelly. Jimmy was a lifelong member of the Trade Union movement and the Labour Party.  He was born and raised in Sheriff Street and lived in Dublin Central all his life. He worked as a Trade Union official in Liberty Hall. “He was a…

Labour Youth has today welcomed the emphatic Yes win to remove the 8th Amendment of the Constitution Speaking on the historic win, Labour Youth Chairperson Chloe Manahan said “Saturday’s result is a testament to the Irish people and to the campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment.  Gone from the constitution is our nation’s most hypocritical…

Let parties chose future election date if required says Labour Leader. Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has called on both Fine Gael and Fianna Fail to allow the passage of the legislation to provide for legal terminations to be passed in the lifetime of this Dail, and for the Government to ensure debate begins in…

Labour Women are today welcoming what is a resounding message from the electorate to remove the 8th amendment from the constitution. Commenting Labour Women chair Sinead Ahern said “This result is about much more than removing a constitutional bar to abortion legislation. The phenomenal campaign and this clear result shows us that the Irish people…

Speaking from the RDS, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD has reacted to the projected landslide win for the Yes campaign saying that the priority must be to pass the proposed legislation. Deputy Howlin said: “While the results still have to be officially declared the tallies from across the country show this will be an…