Motions

This Conference notes that despite constant negativity towards the Public Service Agreement, generated by those who do not believe in public services and who do not care about those citizens who are dependent upon good public services, and despite the arrival...

This Conference declares that citizen focused public services are an essential element of a fair and decent society. Conference condemns the unwarranted attacks on public servants made in some sections of the media by the same commentators who helped inflate...

Conference calls on Congress to press the administrations in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland to urgently review the regulation of the independent care sector. This review should examine the standards of training of staff working in the sector...

Conscious of the serious implications for bank workers in the Irish Banking sector arising from the Government's announcement on the future structure of the Irish banking sector; this Conference calls on the Executive Council to seek to conclude an agreement...

This conference condemns the brutal murder of PSNI member Ronan Kerr. This brutal act and other acts of violence have no place in our society and the sole aim of those involved in this violence is to return our society to conflict. Conference re-affirms it's...

That this Delegate Conference notes the immense growth in the wealth gap in Ireland, as a small minority made extraordinary amounts of money with the economic boom during the Celtic Tiger years. Conference further notes that reports on income inequality reveal...

As part of the overall ICTU campaign to halt the attack on the welfare system and public services North and South, Conference resolves that we make the smartest and most strategic use of the tools available to us on equality and fundamental human rights. This...

Recent figures show an increase in the levels of inequality, deprivation, relative and consistent poverty across Ireland. 5.5% of Ireland's population suffer consistent poverty. Levels of persistent poverty in Northern Ireland children is more than double that...

Expenditure on health is an investment in the future well-being of the nation. It is vital that the mistakes of the late 1980s should never be repeated. Congress urges the Government to consider the health of the nation and not just the health of our banking...

Conference notes the long tradition that Congress has for speaking out for those marginalised in Irish Society Asperger's Syndrome is a pervasive developmental disorder at the high functioning end of the Autistic spectrum. Individuals with the Syndrome can...