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Ireland can expect to experience more extreme weather events like Storm Éowyn if we fail to achieve our climate action targets, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore. Deputy Whitmore, who is the party’s spokesperson on climate, said: “As we once again count the cost of another major storm, the harsh reality is that Ireland […]

It is deeply disappointing that the number of women in cabinet has reduced by 25 per cent to just three, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore. “There are now as many men named James in the cabinet as there are women. “Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael pay lip service to increasing women’s representation in […]

Repeated claims by the previous government that up to 40,000 homes would be built in 2024 have been exposed as pure fiction by Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures published today, according to Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne. “The CSO has confirmed that a total of 30,330 homes were built last year – a decrease of […]

The millions of euro set to be wasted on the rollout of mobile phone pouches in schools would be better spent tackling education disadvantage, according to Social Democrats TD Jen Cummins. Deputy Cummins, who represents Dublin South-Central, made her comments after the Department of Education advertised a tender for the scheme, which is worth €7.3 […]

The Social Democrats do not accept that there is any precedent for this undemocratic power grab by any incoming government Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín should end the charade of Regional Independent TDs masquerading as members of the Opposition by leaving their technical group so its numbers fall below the threshold for speaking rights, according to […]

The new government must urgently act to halt the worrying use of nicotine pouches by secondary school students, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore. “It has been reported today that an increasing number of schools have been sending notices to parents to highlight the ongoing use of these products in classrooms. This follows calls […]

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has given credence to outrageous slurs, made by the Israeli ambassador, by endorsing a disputed IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. Tánaiste Micheál Martin’s endorsement of a disputed IHRA definition of anti-Semitism has given the Israeli ambassador carte blanche to describe President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Simon Harris as anti-Semitic, according to Social […]

It is an indictment of the way this government intends to operate that a political stroke is its very first act  Micheál Martin and Simon Harris must clarify if they are happy for Regional Independent TDs to hijack Dáil speaking time set aside to allow the Opposition hold government to account, according to Social Democrats […]

The draft programme for government will bring little comfort to the locked-out generation struggling to buy or rent a home in Ireland, according to Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne. Deputy Hearne, who represents Dublin North-West, said: “This document, which is just a crude collation of Fianna Fail’s and Fine Gael’s election manifestos, is a worrying […]

The draft programme for government lacks ambition and comprises tinkering around the edges with more failed FF and FG policy  The next government will be a conservative coalition which will bring the country backwards not forwards, according to Social Democrats acting leader Cian O’Callaghan. Deputy O’Callaghan was commenting following publication of the draft programme for […]