Press Archive
Independent review of response to Drogheda water emergency needed
Thu Jul 27, 2017 - 11:38 am
Louth & East Meath Labour Senator Ged Nash has written to the Minister for Housing & Local Government calling for the establishment of an independent review into Irish Water’s handling of th...People of Drogheda angry and frustrated over cack-handed response to water crisis- Nash
Mon Jul 24, 2017 - 10:23 am
Louth Labour Senator Ged Nash has said that the people of Drogheda are angry and frustrated over the 'cack-handed response' on the ground to the major water outage in the region.Senator Nash explained...Government needlessly complicating water refunds
Sat Jul 22, 2017 - 10:00 am
Nash concerned that aim is to reduce number of those seeking refunds.Body likely to be inundated with Freedom of Information requests to Irish Water to gain proof of payment.Labour spokesperson on Soc...Government making hard work of Minimum Wage promise
Tue Jul 18, 2017 - 02:07 pm
Labour spokesperson on Worker's Rights, Senator Ged Nash has said that the government is making extremely hard work of their pledge to increase the National Minimum Wage to €10.50 per hour.Senator N...Government must come clean on source of water refunds
Tue Jul 18, 2017 - 11:46 am
Labour spokesperson on Social Protection, Senator Ged Nash, has called on the Government to come clean on where the €170 million to refund water charges will come from. Senator Nash is concerned tha...Rogue security firms should lose state contracts- Nash
Tue Jul 4, 2017 - 04:32 pm
Rogue security firms with State contracts who are not paying the legal hourly rate of pay to their staff should lose their taxpayer-funded work.That’s according to Labour Senator Ged Nash, who told ...Government must do more to temper impact of Brexit
Tue Jul 4, 2017 - 11:00 am
Labour member of the Seanad Brexit Committee, Senator Ged Nash, has welcomed the committee’s report and called for a number of measures to be introduced to temper the impact Brexit will have on Irel...People who get up early in the morning need to see zero-hour contracts abolished and a living wage- Nash
Thu Jun 15, 2017 - 11:55 am
Labour Senator Ged Nash has said that hiking the National Minimum Wage and abolishing zero-hour contracts should be prioritised by the newly appointed Minister for Social Protection and Labour, Regina...LABOUR BILL IMPROVING RIGHTS OF FREELANCE WORKERS SIGNED INTO LAW
Wed Jun 7, 2017 - 01:32 pm
Labour Senator Ged Nash has welcomed the official signing of Labour’s Competition Amendment Bill 2016 into law by President Michael D. Higgins, describing it as a “major milestone” for the labou...Labour's Collective Bargaining Legislation secures Union Rights for 270 Workers
Mon Jun 5, 2017 - 01:30 pm
Labour Party Workers' Rights spokesperson Senator Ged Nash has welcomed a Labour Court recommendation which has secured collective bargaining rights for the staff of Clare-based US multinational Micro...Nash welcomes new ERO for security workers
Thu Jun 1, 2017 - 05:17 pm
Labour's Workers' Rights spokesperson, Senator Ged Nash, has welcomed today's pay hike for 17,000 security officers across the country.He said:"This new legal minimum rate of pay in the security indus...Successful Labour Legislation a Real Win for Workers
Wed May 31, 2017 - 08:00 pm
The Labour Party has become the first Opposition party in the current Dáil term to successfully pass a Bill through both Houses of the Oireachtas.The Competition Amendment Bill 2016, which will becom...GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS ON PRECARIOUS WORK A “CURATE’S EGG”
Tue May 2, 2017 - 02:59 pm
Labour spokesperson on Workers' Rights, Senator Ged Nash, has said that the Government’s draft legislative proposals to address ‘if-and-when’ contracts appear similar to a curate’s egg, good i...MINIMUM WAGE MUST BE TRANSFORMED TO LIVING WAGE - NASH
Wed Apr 26, 2017 - 06:10 pm
I welcome today's report from the CSO which reveals that as many as as 10.1% of workers earn the National Minimum Wage (NMW) of €9.25 per hour or less."When Labour established the Low Pay Commission...WORKERS' RIGHTS MUST BE AT THE HEART OF THE GIG ECONOMY
Mon Apr 10, 2017 - 03:58 pm
Labour Party spokesperson on Workers’ Rights and Labour Affairs, Senator Ged Nash, has said we must find new ways to tackle precarious work and false and dependent self-employment with the rise of t...