In Dáil response to Róisín Shortall, Taoiseach confirms three-month extension of temporary payment scheme for healthcare workers with long Covid.

'This reprieve is welcome - but there must be no financial cliff edge.

'Long-term solution is needed.'
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Long Covid sick pay scheme for healthcare workers to be extended by 3 months.

The Taoiseach has just confirmed that the Long Covid sick pay scheme for healthcare workers has been extended by 3 months. While welcome, a longer term solution is needed to provide certainty and financial stability to the workers who risked their health to protect others.

For the first time, the Social Democrats will contest the European elections in Ireland South.

Tonight, Cork-based solicitor Susan Doyle was selected as our candidate.

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Coastal erosion is just one of the existential threats to Ireland caused by climate change.

Holly Cairns TD, Sinéad Gibney and Paul Mulville met with north Dublin residents to hear how their homes are under threat from the sea - and why action is needed now.
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Dublin City Council's CEO says the capital cannot be policed on overtime.

Gary Gannon TD agrees - he's been saying the same thing since last summer's violent assaults.

But making Dublin safer requires a multi-agency approach - not just a policing solution
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The truth behind the govt housing figures paints a stark reality.

The market built around 30,000 homes.

But just a quarter of those were actually available to buy.

In Dublin, that number was a shocking 9%.

The supply of affordable housing is key to solving the housing crisis.

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'Offering asylum seekers basic accommodation is not optional,' says Jennifer Whitmore TD

'It is not some gift the Govt can decide to withhold.

'It is the law.'

The 2022 census counted 130,469 vacant homes.

The vacancy tax was charged to just 3,600 empty homes.

This Government are not the slightest bit serious about tackling vacancy.

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The very best of luck to Cllr Elisa O'Donovan, the Social Democrats councillor for Limerick City West, who was today announced as the party's candidate for Mayor of Limerick.

Statement here 👇
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At a selection convention this evening, Rory Hearne - the respected housing campaigner, author and academic - was announced as the candidate for the Social Democrats in Midlands-North-West in the European Elections.

Full statement here 👇
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In '84 Dunne Stores workers refused to stock their shelves with products from apartheid SA.

Never let it be said that a small country's actions can't have an impact.

It's time to recognise the State of Palestine & enact the Occupied Territories bill.

When will our Govt act?

Our Dublin MEP candidate Sinéad Gibney sat down for an interview with Irish Independent yesterday to discuss her campaign

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At a selection convention this evening, prominent human rights advocate and equality campaigner Sinéad Gibney was announced as the Social Democrats’ Dublin candidate in the 2024 European Elections.

Full statement 👇🏼

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“The Media Minister has serious questions to answer about whether she misled an Oireachtas Committee to scapegoat Ms Ní Raghallaigh and damage her reputation.

“The Minister must come before the Dáil and answer questions as a matter of urgency.”

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The Govt don't need a referendum to uphold people's rights to adequate care - especially for those with a disability

They could prove their commitment to upholding those rights by ratifying the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD

The Govt must #NameTheDate that this will take place

Social Democrats asking government to “name the date” for ratifying the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities - saying giving people a guarantee of rights would mitigate the disappointment of many with the wording of the referendum on care

“Better for Government.. to build its own public housing, keep and maintain it and get at least 100 years of use from it, than pay twice or three times the price of the dwelling in HAP to a private landlord and still not own it.”⁦The Irish Times⁩ irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…