People Before Profit TDs, speaking at a media conference before the Dáil session on Thursday, said that the government must do more to protect vulnerable workers and sectors whose jobs and health in some cases are in a precarious position … Continue reading PBP say government must do more to protect vulnerable workers during and following Covid-19 crisis

Hospitality sector workers must be protected if economy to open up again. Childcare needed for all workers especially frontline workers. People Before Profit TDs today outlined what they would be raising with the Ministers for European Affairs, Tourism and Children … Continue reading PBP to tell government “Workers will not pay for the Covid-19 fallout” in Dáil today

People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny joins protest in support of workers “Some firms are trying to use the Covid-19 public health emergency to deprive workers of their rights” Workers employed by the company Instant Upright based at City West … Continue reading Workers in Saggart hold protest as employers stealthily move company during lockdown

TD demands enforcement of Covid 19 guidelines in workplaces Following a recent meeting between construction companies, unions and government departments to discuss the stress-testing of health and safety procedures to allow building sites to re-open, a Construction Industry Federation spokesperson … Continue reading Plans to re-open building sites on a site-by-site basis must not happen until it is deemed completely safe to do so

At a media conference today on the Dáil plinth People Before Profit TDs outlined what they would raise in the Chamber during the sessions with An Taoiseach and the Ministers for Finance, Health and Education. Richard Boyd Barrett TD will … Continue reading No return to pre-coronavirus status quo and no austerity in post- Covid-19 Ireland

Gino Kenny TD says “It is illogical to leave these families out of the new arrangement” On the 6th April the Government announced that an arrangement would be put in place for the collection and delivery of medicinal cannabis for … Continue reading CBD medication patients left out of Government Covid-19 collection and delivery arrangement

People Before Profit TDs Richard Boyd Barrett, Bríd Smith and Gino Kenny have released a statement on the controversy over the actions of the Keeling’s company bringing in workers on a Ryanair flight to pick fruit at their sites across Dublin. The TDs are demanding that both the HSA and the WRC inspect the facilities to insure the workers are housed and working in conditions which will allow for social distancing and isolation if needed. They condemned both Keeling’s and Ryanair for what they called “gross exploitation of workers and complete disregard for their safety and the safety of wider … Continue reading TDs demand HSA and WRC inspect Keeling’s sites and workers accommodation

Council staff across Local Authorities in Ireland are working tirelessly to ensure essential services keep working and that no one gets left behind during this crisis. People Before Profit Cllr Madeleine Johansson, and Gino Kenny TD, have called for hazard … Continue reading PBP call for hazard pay for all frontline council staff

PBP TD Gino Kenny has said, following a statement in relation to a potential abuse of the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme by Aer Lingus, that he has now been contacted by Ryanair workers with similar issues to the workers in … Continue reading Minister Doherty must clarify that Covid 19 Wage Subsidy Scheme applies to 100% of workers income

In a statement PBP TD Gino Kenny has called on Aer Lingus to confirm that it is complying with the wage subsidy scheme which provides protect for the income of workers during the Covid-19 crisis. The Wage Subsidy Scheme provides … Continue reading Aer Lingus must confirm that it is complying with the terms of the Wage Subsidy Scheme

Gino Kenny TD welcomes development and hopes for the earliest commencement of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme The Minister for Health Simon Harris today announced that medicinal cannabis licence holders will have their prescriptions collected and delivered to their home … Continue reading Medicinal cannabis licence holders to have prescriptions collected and delivered to them during Covid-19 pandemic

People Before Profit say that the continuing functioning of democracy is vital to raise questions and concerns from the public and to hold the government to account. PBP to raise ongoing issues with government during health and social protection sessions … Continue reading Functioning Of Democracy Is Vital To Raise Questions And Concerns

Gino Kenny TD says: “Testing and results of tests must be dramatically increased and expedited to minimise spread of virus” As news of twenty three clusters of Covid-19 in nursing homes has been reported, People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny … Continue reading Nursing home clusters of Covid-19 identified