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The Social Democrats today unveiled the party’s Alternative Budget for 2019, an ambitious and fully-costed plan to help families live decent and affordable lives by driving down daily living costs and investing in public services. “Our Budget presents a vision for a fairer future where all people can live affordable lives without having to constantly […]

Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD express her concerns the revelations that the Minister for Communications Denis Naughten met with the only remaining bidder for the National Broadband Plan. “Yet here we are again with the same Minister taking a private meeting with the head of a consortium containing some of the same personnel involved […]

Social Democrats Spokeswoman on Children Councillor Jennifer Whitmore has called for a human milk bank to be set up in the Republic of Ireland. “We can’t allow families and babies-in-need to be caught up in any potential political upheaval in the wake of Brexit. The Government needs to take a proactive approach and establish a […]

Social Democrats Spokesperson on Energy and Climate Change, Councillor Cian O’Callaghan has called on the government to establish a waste regulator to oversee price controls for bin collections. “At the moment, there is absolutely no transparency in the sector. We don’t know who owns many of the companies or what their profits or losses are. […]

Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD has called on the government to come clean on the number of people who are homeless amid concerns about the re-categorisation of figures in the latest official statistics. “Cutting the official figures does nothing to help those people who are living in emergency accommodation that is either owned or […]

Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall TD today called on the Minister for Health to intervene to compel the HSE to release smear slides to women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy so they can be independently reviewed. “The roll-out of the National Broadband Plan is the next vital piece of communications infrastructure in this country and […]

Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall TD today called on the Minister for Health to intervene to compel the HSE to release smear slides to women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy so they can be independently reviewed. “The effect of trapping long-term renters in high rents is that the mortgage rules are actually inflating the rental […]

Social Democrats’ Spokesperson on Children, Councillor Jennifer Whitmore, today backed calls for the Department of Education to step in to regulate and reduce the use of restraint and seclusion practices in our schools. “My gut feeling is that this could be a growing problem, as schools are being left to manage children with behavioural needs […]

Social Democrats Spokesperson on Energy and Climate Change, Councillor Cian O’Callaghan, has said the onus on ending the use of non-recyclable plastics must be placed squarely at the door of producers and supermarkets pushing plastics on consumers. “Producers and retailers should lead the way and start phasing out now all packaging that can’t be recycled […]

The Social Democrats have welcomed today’s report by the Commission on the Future of Policing which recommends new external accountability and oversight structures and a shift to community policing. “We need to see buy-in from the highest level, both politically and among the senior ranks of the force, to get moving on these challenging reforms, […]