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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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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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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150,000 women have left Ireland to access an abortion since 1980. More facts on Ireland and Abortion in this animation from the Irish Family Planning Association released earlier this week.
On Friday the Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly, announced the establishment of an implementation group on Universal Health Insurance. The group according to the department will ‘comprise a mix of those with executive responsibilities within our health service and external experts.’ The members appointed Dr. Fergal Lynch, Department of Health (Chair) Paul Barron, Department […]
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