During the Order of Business in the Seanad this week Senator David Norris has raised issues concerning the resignation of Niall Crowley and cuts faced by the Equality Authority on several occasions. On Friday Senator Norris informed the house that he had been harrassed by a government minister about raising issues concerning matters related to […]
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Justice Equality and Law Reform Questions in the Dáil on Thursday afternoon may have passed you by unnoticed – but fear not I am here with the best bit. Deputy Pat Rabbitte versus Minister Dermot Ahern on the matter of the Equality Authority. Watch out for the bit where the Minister nearly gets thrown out of the […]
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The board of the Equality Authority are appointed by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. They are made up of representatives of ICTU, IBEC and the social partners and groups covered by the legislation. From my knowledge of some of the appointees many are committed to the goals of the Authority and the […]
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If you discriminate against people due to their nationality or race, gender, sexuality or disability, are violent towards your partner or commit other human rights violations, indeed if you are a government that does so, well this budget is good for you! The agencies which work in this area have been savaged today. There were […]
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Ah I know they say don’t given them oxygen but read the last line of the article by Ruadhán Mac Cormaic on the latest reaction on the possible merger of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission. Laugh? Oh I giggled merrily otherwise if I had really spent time shouting at the screen […]