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Entries Tagged as 'Irish Politics'

Una voce?

April 19th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, Social Policy

I saw the Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald, this morning. We were both in Croke Park.  She to attend one meeting and me to attend another.  I was lost.  I could have gone over and said hello and asked her about the Scandinavian model of childcare that her colleague the Minister for Social Protection had talked […]

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7 year olds and Austerity Politics

April 18th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Irish Politics, Social Policy

The Social Welfare Bill 2012 begins its journey through the Oireachtas tonight . It proposes changes to the entitlement to the One Parent Family Payment, Pension age qualification and also will introduce new fraud control measures. There has been very little said in public discourse about the changes to the One Parent Family payment and […]

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Amalgamating rights bodies and eroding equality in the workplace

April 11th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Social Policy

Last week (when few were watching) Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton published his detailed plans for amalgamating the various employment rights bodies into a ‘ World Class Employment Relations Service’.  The government had previously announced it’s intention to bring all the functions of the Labour Relations Commission, National Employment Rights Authority and […]

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Fine Gael and the vulnerable, in fairness

April 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, Social Policy

The Fine Gael Ard Fheis was low key enough given the state of the country and the ‘need to hit the right note’. Apart that is from the large crowd outside who those inside were not allowed to see for fear we (media/delegates) would antagonise them. There were 4,000 (depending on who you were reading) present […]

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Fine Gael Ard Fheis 2012 Live Blog

March 30th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Irish Politics, Live Blogging

Hello from the Fine Gael Ard Fheis. This will be my doodle post for the day with my commentary and other bits and pieces I find of interest. You can comment by hitting that button up the left corner.

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