[…]on the Government to pay student nurses and midwives undertaking placement during the current pandemic, and to work on the introduction of financial supports on a more sustainable basis. This motion was supported by the entire opposition. The Government voted unanimously against this motion and tabled an amendment which deleted references to paying student nurses and midwives. Labour has also recently published a bill aimed at convincing the Government to pay student nurses and midwives. The Government has since stated that they are currently reviewing the allowances available to student nurses and midwives, and that they will also be eligible to claim the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) if they were […]
[…]belong to any one section of our society or to any one organisation. It belongs to Ireland and we all have a responsibility to engage with it. It’s important also that the discussions and debates in the media that will ensue aren’t dominated by older voices. Young people need to be at the heart of these debates and discussions. As someone who identifies as gay myself – I can only imagine the gravity of effect and the powerful message that passing this referendum would have had on me if it had passed when I was a closeted secondary school student. […]
[…]education. He said that Ireland has prided itself on an education sector that produces the best and brightest the world has to offer. “However, with increasing pressure on funding we are starving ourselves of the chance to live up to this aspiration. Now, more than ever, the Government need to realise that education is not a luxury, it is an economic imperative”, Mr Logue […]
[…]call for pay and pensions to be examined as a necessary part of any government spending review. Thousands of students are stretched to breaking point and many have already dropped out due to the ever-increasing cost of college. Wasteful spending and excessive wages have to be addressed by the Minister, instead of shifting the funding burden onto students and their […]
[…]the new year, look out for our new officer blogs, our National Council co-ordination system and the first looks at the E-Clár live blogging system we’ll use for USI […]
