Motions

Congress views the right to housing as a fundamental and social right Ireland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and yet we are unable to house our people. The scale of emergency and the extent of human suffering caused by this major policy...

This Conference endorses the NERI Document Irelands Housing Emergency Time for a Game Changer. We particularly welcome the proposal within the document which proposes to establish The Housing Company of Ireland. We reject the Government emphasis on relying on...

Conference directs the incoming Executive Council to lay out a clear perspective for the optimum degree of social progress that can be achieved in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland over the period extending to the centenary of the founding of the...

Conference commends the ongoing work of Congress and Aff liates in protecting and promoting human rights and equality on the island of Ireland and in building a culture of respect for human rights and equality in our workplaces and trade unions. Rights...

Conference endorses Motion 15 Reproductive Health and Justice endorsed at Congress Women's Conference 2016. Conference calls on the incoming Executive Council to: Demand that international human rights standards on women's and reproductive rights be applied in...

Conference notes with great concern the rise in right-wing populist forces internationally. Although there is diversity in their ideologies and perceived enemies a common issue amongst these dangerous political movements is their promotion of nationalism and...

Congress recognises the devastating consequences of cutbacks in education during the austerity years and the changing political context where many public services are underfunded, and where uncertainties are compounded by Brexit. Congress believes that...

Recognising that high-quality, appropriately accountable, universally accessible, non- selective, free and community-based public education is one of the pillars of a truly participative, democratic society and also recognising the positive co-relation between...

Conference notes the effective ownership and control of modern mainstream media by a neoliberal ideological group. That this control is damaging to our democracies and working people insofar as it captures and controls debate in narrow con nes that are hostile...

This conference, noting: The welcome establishment, in the Programme for Government, of a special, All Party, Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Health Care. The Congress submission to that committee, made in October 2016, which clearly called for the...