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The government’s chronic underspending in areas that are fundamental to Ireland’s long-term economic growth shows that it is allergic to the concept of investing now to save later, the Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall TD said today. Deputy Shortall made her comments as new figures from the NERI think tank show that Ireland is underspending […]

Social Democrats councillor Gary Gannon will host two public information sessions this week about how to best spend funds allocated by Dublin City Council to make the city safer for women and girls. The events will take place in the Third Space café in Smithfield at 6.30p.m. on Wednesday 28th June and in the Sean […]

The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill is a step towards more transparency and accountability in the appointment of judges – but more needs to be done to ensure diversity in the wider legal profession, the Social Democrats said today. The party’s co-leaders, Róisín Shortall TD and Catherine Murphy TD, said diversity in the judiciary will only […]

A new State agency needs to be set up to oversee the faster delivery of thousands of new homes, the Social Democrats said today. The call comes as information obtained by the party’s co-leader Catherine Murphy TD shows that only four staff are working in the Housing Delivery Office set up last August in the […]

The new Taoiseach and government must spearhead changes to deliver real equality for LGBTI people, the Social Democrats said today. Speaking ahead of the annual Pride Parade, the party’s co-leaders Catherine Murphy TD and Róisín Shortall TD said the struggle for equality is not complete and it is vitally important to build on recent progress. […]

The government’s sale of AIB shares today is a case of selling off the family silver with no accountability to the people who bailed out the bank in the first place, Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy TD said today. Deputy Murphy made her remarks as AIB shares price rose by 7 per cent in early […]

According to new figures obtained by the Social Democrats, Fingal County Council has acquired only 33 vacant dwellings in the first five months of the year. Commenting on the figures, Social Democrats representative for Castleknock and Blanchardstown, Aengus Ó Maoláin said: “Astonishingly, this paltry number actually puts Fingal ahead of every other local authority in […]

The government’s abysmal record in tackling the housing and homeless crisis is exposed once more today with new figures showing that households are spending almost a fifth of their budgets on housing, Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy said this morning. Deputy Murphy was commenting on CSO statistics showing that the proportion of household expenditure on […]

The Social Democrats today invoked a little used Dáil procedure to seek urgent answers from the Taoiseach about the hasty approval of the former Attorney General to the Court of Appeal. In a Special Notice Question submitted today, the party’s TDS Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall are asking the Taoiseach to publish any correspondence between […]

Limerick’s status as a national unemployment black spot is an indictment of the failed social and economic policies of the current government and senior Ministers, the Social Democrat’s Limerick representative Sarah Jane Hennelly said today. Ms Hennelly was commenting on Census figures published this week which show that eight of the top ten ‘unemployment black spots’ […]