Comments on: Time for the Equality Authority Board to also resign?

By: Tipster

Tipster — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:37:35 +0000

From The Irish Times, Saturday 2 January 2010:

And judging by the title of Niall Crowley’s Empty Promises: Bringing the Equality Authority to Heel (AA Farmar, March) Crowley probably isn’t being complimentary about his subject.

By: Maman Poulet » Marriage not so much a Burning Issue?

Maman Poulet » Marriage not so much a Burning Issue? — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:01:03 +0000

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By: tipster

tipster — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:09:23 +0000

One wonders this evening if the Equality Authority might have been “captured” by GLEN.

GLEN, as you will know, has been holding a series of briefing sessions around the country on the partnership bill. (Interesting to note that the first time GLEN actually deigns to engage with the lgb communities in years, it does so to “instruct” it on the situation rather then to listen to that community.)

Anyways, this evening in Dublin, the Equality Authority hosted a briefing session on the Bill, with a select set of lgbt organisations — TENI, MarriagEquality, LGBT Noise, and LOOK, the newish name for the group of parents of lgbt people were among the attendance.

Was GLEN not able to convince the other organisations working on this issue to come to a briefing session and did it need the name of a state agency to bring them to the same table?

Somehow, though, I don’t see the likes of LGBT Noise or MrriagEquality digging GLEN out of the hole it has made by championing a bill that has damn all support in the lgbt communities.

And a likkle birdie tell me that the NLGF will put a further damper on GLEN’s stance later this week when it reveals the findings of research the organisation has done in the lgbt communities on what the members of those communities identify as their priority issues. Marriage is top of the list, but partnership rights are not at the races, I am told.

By: Maman Poulet » Fables of Equality

Maman Poulet » Fables of Equality — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:13:37 +0000

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By: Board memberships on the double | Maman Poulet

Board memberships on the double | Maman Poulet — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:01:44 +0000

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By: Éidín

Éidín — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:15:13 +0000

The Board need to resign in full to support Neil Crowley’s stance -If they don’t they are only token puppets and one would have to question what their agenda is if they stay on-perhaps we all need to question them why if they don’t resign?-Also what happens now who is going to replace Neil Crowley-Who has the power to appoint there?

There seems to be some dodgy stuff going on in the Background with a Secretarty General who is noted for having no time or interest in the ‘equality’ aspect of his department -Bar of course with those who reman silent and uncritical in their ‘equality agenda’-

Equality body sought Garda help over department chief-
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/1215/1229035720264.html

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:58:10 +0000

It will be interesting to see who goes- those with a genuine commitment to equality who cant bear to watch the travesty it will become as a consequence of the cuts and Niall’s absence, and those who stay, too entangled in the coat tails of government to do anything else.

By: serialcomplainer

serialcomplainer — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:22:42 +0000

The remaining board members (including the ICTU rep) have zero credibility. If it is possible for the EA to do its job on a 43% cut, they should have come up with this proposal themselves. If it is not possible for the EA to do its job, they have to resign.

It is interesting to note that this is not the first Director of a state body to resign under Ms Kerins chair. See http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showpost.php?p=764654&postcount=7 for more details

By: Equality Dude

Equality Dude — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:25:27 +0000

There is a poll on the irish Times website today (13/12/08) regarding the cuts to the budget Equality Authority. Please show your support by voting ‘NO’ to the cuts, and passing the message on. The poll closes at midnight.

Here is the link: http://www.irishtimes.com/polls/