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Entries Tagged as 'Equality Authority'

Round and Round the Garden

July 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority

The Chairperson of the Equality Authority says that the Authority has been the victim of a campaign of targeted misinformation. In the forward to the Annual Report launched yesterday she says that a campaign of misinformation commenced while the Authority was working to reorganise to ensure no diminution of service to the public. This campaign [...]

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Pointless Press Release of the week

March 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority, Irish Politics, Social Policy

Maybe this can be a new series for MP. (submissions to tips @ mamanpoulet.com ) Yesterday evening a ministerial press release landed in my inbox – I didn’t know about the launch of a political pamphlet by Niall Crowley for the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland but it obviously got up the nose of  Minister of [...]

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Marriage not so much a Burning Issue?

November 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority, Gay, Homophobia, Irish Politics, Lesbian, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Same Sex Partnerships

The Burning Issues research launched today by the National Lesbian and Gay Federation comes shortly before the debating of the Civil Partnership Bill. Yesterday evening a number of LGBT organisations were invited to the Equality Authority for a briefing on the Bill. As Tipster says it’s a bit odd that GLEN could not/did not want [...]

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Oireachtas Committee hearings this week

November 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Equality, Equality Authority

Keeping a close eye to the Oireachtas Schedule this week I noted two committee meetings that might be interesting to keep an eye to. The first is being held by the Joint Committee on the Constitution on Wednesday morning. Review of the Electoral System: The effect of PR-STV on Women’s Representation in Parliament + Ms. [...]

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What of equality, rights and social justice?

October 12th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Disability, Equality, Equality Authority, Green Party, Irish Politics

In the mid 90′s the joke about the Greens was that they didn’t care much about divorce once the fridge was disposed of correctly in the separation. This was the opinion of many regarding Green Party commitment to social justice issues. I know that this is an unfair description with regard to many Green Party [...]

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All eyes turn to the Greens

October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Ciaran Cuffe, Equality, Equality Authority, Green Party, Irish Politics, Recession

Next Saturday afternoon the Green Party will debate a revised programme for government which is currently under negotiation with Fianna Fáil. Other than animal welfare/hare coursing (Now backpedalled?) and further changes to NAMA there has been mention that a new framework for Equality monitoring and enforcement being on the agenda. Another chance for John Gormley [...]

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Cowen’s problem with Dermot Ahern?

August 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority, Green Party, Irish Politics

Re-reading the Report of An Bord Snip Nua last week I noted the recommendations to remove several areas of the Equality brief from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the Department of Enterprise and Employment. Included in the report are the following:- Reallocate the statutory employment and occupational benefits responsibilities of the [...]

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Green Party say they saved the EA, Justice Minister ignores it…

April 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority

Amidst the hype on the junior minister resignations/sackings you may have missed a number of other news stories and spats at the Dáil returned from it’s Easter break. Questions to Justice, Equality and Law Reform Minister Dermot Ahern (he who hogged Questions and Answers on Monday night last..) yesterday in the Dáil continued to focus [...]

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Have the Green Party been had or are they having us on?

March 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Equality Authority, Irish Politics

Green Party leader John Gormley’s announcement about saving the Equality Authority from the drastic cuts in budget and stopping the move to Roscrea made at the Green Party Conference is full of?? Answer to question from Aengus O’Snodaigh from Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform Dermot Ahern on March 24th To ask the Minister [...]

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Green Party rescue Equality Authority?

March 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority, Irish Politics, Social Policy

Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend the Green Party Convention in Wexford this weekend. There is however excellent coverage online from bloggers and the Green Party themselves with livestreams, liveblogging, twittering TD’s and a convention blog page. Tonight party leader and Minister for Environment, John Gormley, welcomed delegates to the conference. He brought good [...]

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