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The Social Democrats have called for a cross-party delegation to come together with a singular focus on addressing the homelessness emergency across the country. The party’s Co-Leaders said that the situation was growing increasingly out of control and the tragic events of the last two days mean it is simply inhumane to continue along with […]

Social Democrats Co-Leader Róisín Shortall has reacted angrily to news today that Government have signed-off on a 1% across the board cut to key disability groups and services. She said the impacted organisations had been informed about the cut to their already overstretched budgets at the same time the government were clapping themselves on the […]

Social Democrats Co-Leader Catherine Murphy says she has major questions regarding what she described as the ‘horrendous incident’ involving a man in a tent on the banks of Dublin’s grand canal yesterday lunchtime. Catherine Murphy said she could not understand how such a serious incident could have occurred. “That a person in a tent would […]

Social Democrats Co-leader Róisin Shortall has described the second discovery of body parts in North Dublin this week as extremely worrying and said it was an exceptionally barbaric turn of events in what is already an extremely dangerous and violent culture around crime and in particular drug crime, across Ireland. She said that politicians across […]

Residents on Dublin’s Northside woke this morning to hear shocking and disturbing details of a persons remains being found in a bag.  News reports indicate that the death is suspected to be connected to violent crime. Unfortunately this news of death and crime is not an isolated incident. Local Social Democrats Councillor Cian O’Callaghan commented: […]

The co-leaders of the Social Democrats welcomed the calling of the General Election saying this election is a chance for people to change the direction Ireland is going in and called on people who hope for better to vote for better. Róisín Shortall TD said “It’s long past the time that this Government put their […]

The Social Democrats have come out in strong support of school secretaries represented by Fórsa, who will go on strike tomorrow following unsatisfactory negotiations with the Workplace Relations Commission. The current two-tier pay system leaves many school secretaries on unregulated, short-term contracts earning just €12,500 a year, a far cry from their counterparts in ETB […]

Social Democrat co-leader Roisin Shortall TD has accused the Minister for Justice of dragging his heels in the wake of several serious incidents involving scramblers and quad bikes over the Christmas period. These incidents were entirely predictable and will continue unless we see urgent action from the Minister. Deputy Shortall said: “This is a serious […]

In response to the Government’s announcement yesterday of a €1500 average grant to childcare providers, Róisín Shortall TD and co-leader of the Social Democrats has criticised the decision as a stop-gap measure and no substitute for adequately resourcing childcare. Ms Shortall said, “The Government’s tactic of keeping childcare at an arm’s length means most providers […]

As the latest release from the Residential Tenancies Board for rents for new tenancies in Quarter 3, 2019, shows continued annual rise in rents, Catherine Murphy TD, co-leader of the Social Democrats said: “For Minister Murphy to claim that Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) are working effectively is ludicrous. While some landlord/tenant relationships work in line […]