Safe access zones needed for women accessing abortion services

The Social Democrats have called for safe access zones to be considered to protect women accessing abortion services in GP clinics and hospitals from intimidation by anti-abortion protestors. The party’s political director, Anne Marie McNally, said: “We need to start thinking about women’s safety and security once our abortion services are up and running. During […]

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Zero credibility housing figures the last straw

Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD has said official social housing build figures have lost all credibility and the Minister must take drastic action to tackle the housing emergency. Deputy Murphy was commenting on reports showing that local authorities built only about half of the number of social houses that were officially recorded in figures […]

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Political urgency needed in implementing Sláintecare

Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall TD has said the Minister for Health needs to show political courage and urgency in implementing the Sláintecare health reform plan which was published a year ago today [30th May 2018]. Deputy Shortall chaired the cross-party Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare which produced the fully-costed ten-year Sláintecare blueprint for […]

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Standing4Women demonstration deserves support

The Social Democrats have offered their public support to tomorrow’s Standing4Women demonstration which will take place outside the Dáil at 5p.m. with simultaneous demonstrations happening across the country. Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD said that the issues facing women in this country have for too long been swept under the carpet and not given […]

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Full rigors of law must apply to falsified adoption records

Co-leader of the Social Democrats Róisín Shortall TD has called for the full rigors of the law to be applied to anyone who knowingly engaged in the falsification of adoption records. Responding to the shocking revelations today about false adoption records by the former St Patrick’s Guild Adoption Society, Deputy Shortall said: “The cost of […]

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Take religion out of school day – Social Democrats

Social Democrats will today bring to the Dáil a proposal to take religion out of the school day. The party is tabling an amendment to the government’s Education (School Admissions) Bill 2016 to remove faith formation from the school timetable. Co-leader Róisín Shortall TD said: “We need to take religion out of the school day […]

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