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People Before Profit Welcomes Covid-19 Emergency Legislation But Proposes Amendments To Extend €305 Illness Benefit Payment To All Who Suffer Income Or Job Loss, Arising From Public Health Measures.

People Before Profit Welcomes Covid-19 Emergency Legislation But Proposes Amendments To Extend €305 Illness Benefit Payment To All Who Suffer Income Or Job Loss, Arising From Public Health Measures.

People Before Profit to insert amendments to put private health and industrial capacity under public control and to establish an emergency rent, mortgage and utility bill amnesty. People Before profit

18 Mar 2020

All But Essential Services And Production Should Close And Social Distancing Protocols Should Be Escalated

All But Essential Services And Production Should Close And Social Distancing Protocols Should Be Escalated

The government must also move to secure incomes for the population, support essential workers and protect the elderly and vulnerable Urgent cross border co-ordination and all Ireland approach to preventing

15 Mar 2020

People Before Profit TD Calls On AIB To Drop The Proposed Contactless Card Charge

People Before Profit TD Calls On AIB To Drop The Proposed Contactless Card Charge

Banks were bailed out to tune of €64 billion, people have paid enough for the sectors sins of the past People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has called AIB

13 Mar 2020

PBP Welcome Council Closures But Frustrated By Limited Action

PBP Welcome Council Closures But Frustrated By Limited Action

People Before Profit Councillors have welcomed Belfast City Council’s decision to shut a number of council buildings to the public in order to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, adding

13 Mar 2020

Green Call For “National Government” Is A Mistake

Green Call For “National Government” Is A Mistake

The Green party appear to have ruled out entering a FF-FG government for the moment. The Irish Times political correspondent, Pat Leahy, reports the Green Party leader Eamon Ryan took

12 Mar 2020

People Before Profit Statement On Covid-19 Crisis

People Before Profit Statement On Covid-19 Crisis

In addition to the measures and recommendations made by the government today in relation to school and college closures, social distancing and mass gatherings, People Before Profit is calling on

12 Mar 2020

Calls For Illness Benefit Changes To Be Extended Into Universal Corona Virus Support Payment

Calls For Illness Benefit Changes To Be Extended Into Universal Corona Virus Support Payment

Vulnerable workers affected should have access to payment immediately says TD Bríd Smith, People Before Profit TD has called on the Government to extend the new illness benefit payment to

12 Mar 2020

FF And FG Use Coronavirus As Cover For Stitch-Up

FF And FG Use Coronavirus As Cover For Stitch-Up

They have finally revealed their hand. Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar met yesterday and have started negotiations to form a government. Before the election, Martin said he would never share

11 Mar 2020

Don’t Put The Vulnerable At Risk: Full Sick Pay Now

Don’t Put The Vulnerable At Risk: Full Sick Pay Now

The HSE has described the most at-risk groups to the Covid-19 virus as being those of the age 60 years or over or having ‘long-term medical condition(s) – for example,

11 Mar 2020