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Social Democrats TD for Dublin Bay North, Cian O’Callaghan, said that today’s publication of the Report on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes must lead to urgent reform of the sector and highlights the need for a statutory right to home care. Deputy O’Callaghan said: “As the country stands on the cusp of a second wave of […]

The Social Democrats have called for the Dáil to be reconvened next week so the Government can address urgent issues surrounding the escalating Covid-19 crisis. Catherine Murphy TD, co-leader of the party, said: Since the Dáil went into recess at the end of July, we seem to have lurched from one crisis to the next, […]

Catherine Murphy TD, co-leader of the Social Democrats, said that the new restrictions announced by the Government this evening are difficult to understand in the absence of up to date information on the transmission of new case numbers and clusters. Deputy Murphy said: “The latest restrictions come just four days after 200 Covid-19 cases were […]

Cian O’Callaghan TD, Social Democrats spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, has called for Ireland to take a strong stand in defence of democratic values in Belarus. Deputy O’Callaghan said: “Ireland must take a strong stand in support of the people of Belarus and democratic values. Free and fair elections with robust independent international oversight must take […]

Councillors from the Social Democrats in Kildare and Offaly participated in an online council meeting today to discuss the implications of the regional restrictions imposed across three counties last week. Birr Councillor Clare Claffey said: “More nuance should be applied to lockdowns in response to future outbreaks. The community is distressed and we need to […]

Holly Cairns TD, Social Democrats spokesperson on Agriculture, has criticised the lack of commitment from the meat processing industry to immediately close individual plants in the event of further outbreaks of Covid-19. Holly said: “At today’s Special Covid-19 Committee hearing, I asked representatives of the meat industry to clearly state if individual plants would be […]

Social Democrats TD for Dublin Central, Gary Gannon, has called on the Minister for Education and officials from her department to appear before the Oireachtas Special Covid-19 Committee to provide a progress report on the Government’s plan to reopen schools at the end of this month. Deputy Gannon, who is the party’s spokesperson on Education, […]

Gary Gannon TD, Social Democrats spokesperson on Education, today called on the Minister for Education to reassure Leaving Cert students that the predictive grades debacle in Scotland could not happen here. Deputy Gannon said: “Students and parents in Ireland will have watched the controversy over predictive grades in Scotland with understandable concern. We are just […]

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Holly Cairns TD, Social Democrats spokesperson for Agriculture, said today that the country is paying a high price for the failure of the Government to regulate the meat industry and called for an immediate plan to be put in place to prevent further outbreaks within the sector. Holly said: “For some time I have been […]