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Short term extension to rent freeze unacceptable - Moynihan

Tue Jul 21, 2020 - 12:57 pm - Senator Rebecca Moynihan The short-term extension to the rent freeze by 11 days until August 1st is unacceptable according to Labour Housing Spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan.Moynihan was speaking after it was revealed that ...

Labour calls for universal public childcare system

Tue Jul 21, 2020 - 12:24 pm - Labour Party Labour Party Spokespersons have today called on Government to move quickly to properly resource the childcare and early years sector and to take steps towards introduction of a universal public childc...

Government staycation subsidy in September is too little too late for the Irish tourism sector 

Tue Jul 21, 2020 - 12:24 pm - Senator Mark Wall Waiting until September to introduce a staycation subsidy will be too little too late for the Irish tourism sector according to Labour Spokesperson on Tourism and Sport, Senator Mark Wall who was reac...

Scale of EU funds not large enough

Tue Jul 21, 2020 - 08:51 am - Alan Kelly TD With the final grant package agreed at the EU summit last night over 20% less than was planned, Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly said the scale of funding was not large enough, and the compromise on the...

Government risks a childcare crisis in September – certainty is required now - Sherlock

Mon Jul 20, 2020 - 04:14 pm - Senator Marie Sherlock Labour Party Spokesperson on Employment Affairs, Senator Marie Sherlock has called on Government to move quickly to properly resource the early years sector, saying that there is significant risk of a...