“In an era where there is legitimate concern about the use, ownership and manipulation of Big Data, it is astonishing that this Government proceeded to collect and hold data on citizens without any legal basis.” The Social Democrats have called on the Government, in particular Ministers Donohoe and Doherty, to publish the full report of […]
Read more“It knocks all parents’ confidence that the schools to which they entrust their children are safe – safe for staff and safe for children. The Minister must reassure staff and parents that the schools are indeed safe to open.” South Dublin County Councillor Carly Bailey, who is a parent of children in one of the […]
Read moreThe Social Democrats have criticised today’s announced sale by Ulster Bank of mortgages to US vulture fund Cerberus as yet another example of ordinary people paying a heavy price for the government’s policy failures. “My own experience of dealing with a vulture fund was very difficult. Ulster Bank customers affected by this sale will be […]
Read moreThe Social Democrats have called on the government to put in place workable solutions to stave off the wholesale sale of Permanent TSB’s non-performing home loans to unregulated vulture funds. “It is downright insulting to mortgage holders that the Taoiseach said he hadn’t heard about a State-owned bank’s sale of its Project Glas loan portfolio […]
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