‘OBSTACLE COURSE’ APPROACH TO GETTING BACK TO WORK MUST BE CONSIGNED TO HISTORY           The loss of a job is a tragedy. Unemployment offends basic human dignity and damages self-confidence and self-esteem. This Government will not make the same mistakes as the previous administration who took the unique decision to tackle [...]

PAYPAL ANNOUNCEMENT PROVES LABOUR’S COMMITMENT TO JOBS Labour TD Gerald Nash has welcomed today’s announcement that the huge American multinational Paypal has chosen to locate its new call centre in Dundalk creating over 1000 jobs. This is fantastic news. We have been working very hard behind the scenes with government ministers and the IDA to [...]

TAXPAYER SICK OF FOOTING THE BILL FOR ALMOST 26 MILLION SICK DAYS It is no longer sustainable or affordable for the taxpayer to foot the burden of illness benefit in this country. In 2010, according to figures issued to me in a reply to a Parliamentary Question late last year, it cost the Irish taxpayer [...]