Responding to the latest report on Daft.ie showing that rents increased by 13.6% in Laois in the past 12 months. Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley said “This rent increase is the highest on record in Laois. The case for rent controls is now stronger than ever and the Government need to realise this reality and do something about it.” “Families have become homeless in Laois while many in private rented accommodation are living in fear of…
Sinn Féin put forward a motion in the Dáil proposing that TD’s and Senators refuse the €5,400 wage increase. Speaking on this in the Dáil this week Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley said “We have a clear choice before us tonight with the proposal from our party. We have a choice between giving leadership and…
A Bill to allow a referendum to insert a clause in the constitution to prevent water services from being privatised was passed in the Dáil this week. Two years ago Brian Stanley introduced an identical Bill which was not supported by Fine Gael or Labour. Speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday on the Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley said “I would like…
I am calling on the Government to commit to the principle of pay equality for new teachers and Gardaí and set out a clear road map with the unions on the way forward. Teachers and Gardaí have very legitimate issues to be addressed with regards to their pay and conditions for new entrants.” “Their concerns…
Speaking in the Dáil this week regarding the delay of the report on Portlaoise Hospital, compiled under the tutelage of Dr. Susan O’ Reilly I said “The report was to be published in September 2015. We are now in the month of November 2016 and heading for Christmas, yet we still have not seen it.”…
I welcome the granting of patronage for the new Portlaoise secondary school to Laois/Offaly Education and Training Board (ETB). The announcement by the Department of Education this week is good news. The ETB are in the best position to provide and manage this facility given their vast experience in second level education and the fact…