Following contacts from several of my constituents due to recent High Court injunction stopping the previously agreed pay increases for 16,000 security workers, I have written to the Ministers responsible and asked they engage with all stakeholders to ensure this pay increase can be enacted as soon as possible.

Green Party Deputy Leader and Minister for the Arts, Catherine Martin, announced today the commencement of the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme. 2,000 artists and creative arts workers were awarded grants across the country as part of a three year pilot scheme. Recipients will receive €325 per week, paid on a monthly basis,…