Health

Health

Pensioners struggle to meet supermarkets’ minimum online spend to avail of delivery service

Gino Kenny TD urges leading supermarkets to lower the limit People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny has written to several large supermarket chains in a bid to get them to

24 Mar 2020

Health

Measures On Covid 19 Must Also Include Mortgage, Rent And Utility Bill Amnesty

People Before Profit say new government measures on Covid 19 must also include mortgage, rent and utility bill amnesty for those who loose income or employment as a result of

24 Mar 2020

Housing

Call On Government To Take Emergency Action To Alleviate The Overcrowded Conditions

Richard Boyd Barrett TD writes to Housing Minister calling on government to take emergency action to alleviate the overcrowded conditions that many vulnerable groups endure in the face of Covid

24 Mar 2020

Education

TD Calls On Harris To Change Rules Around Use Of Abortion Pill

“Going to GP clinic in current crisis impossible for many women”, says Bríd Smith TD People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has called on the government, as part of its

23 Mar 2020

Health

Immediate Suspension Of Hospital Car Parking Charges For Healthcare Workers

Healthcare workers’ vehicles clamped while they work to save lives Gino Kenny TD calls for the immediate suspension of hospital car parking charges for healthcare workers Recent reports of healthcare

23 Mar 2020

Health

We Need Solidarity And Government Action

On St Patrick’s night, Leo Varadkar made a well-crafted speech. His spin unit is clearly back in town. Quite rightly, he noted that solidarity was key to fighting a

19 Mar 2020

Housing

People Before Profit Welcomes Covid-19 Emergency Legislation But Proposes Amendments To Extend €305 Illness Benefit Payment To All Who Suffer Income Or Job Loss, Arising From Public Health Measures.

People Before Profit to insert amendments to put private health and industrial capacity under public control and to establish an emergency rent, mortgage and utility bill amnesty. People Before profit

18 Mar 2020

Health

All But Essential Services And Production Should Close And Social Distancing Protocols Should Be Escalated

The government must also move to secure incomes for the population, support essential workers and protect the elderly and vulnerable Urgent cross border co-ordination and all Ireland approach to preventing

15 Mar 2020

Health

Calls For Illness Benefit Changes To Be Extended Into Universal Corona Virus Support Payment

Vulnerable workers affected should have access to payment immediately says TD Bríd Smith, People Before Profit TD has called on the Government to extend the new illness benefit payment to

12 Mar 2020