Niall Crowley writes about the legislative proposal for the new Human Rights and Equality Commission Alan Shatter recently published the Heads of a Bill for merging the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission into a new body to be called the Human Rights and Equality Commission. The Minister highlighted his commitment to complying […]
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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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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The following might read like a work of fiction to some but it’s indicative of the farce that is the destruction of protection for those experiencing discrimination in Irish society. The Strategic Plan for the Equality Authority 2009 – 2011 was launched today – this is following the implementation of a 43% budget cut and […]
Tags:Angela Kerins·Dermot Ahern·Equality Authority·John Waters·Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform
In reply to a Dáil question from Aengus O’Snodaigh TD. the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has announced that IBEC have provided replacements for the two places on the board of the Equality Authority which were vacated last week by Dennis O’Flynn and Finola McDonnell. Those resignations were in a personal capacity. No […]
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