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North South Consultative Forum
Asked by Gerry Adams (SF, Louth) about progress toward the North South Civic Consultative Forum, the Taoiseach told the Dail that at the 12th meeting of the North South Ministerial Council in Dublin on 10th June ‘we agreed to finalize…
National policy on volunteering, European year
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, told Catherine Murphy (ind, Kildare N) that the Irish national steering group for the European year of volunteering was working with the national coordinating body for the year, Volunteering…
Salaries in the voluntary and community sector
The Minister for Justice & Equality, Alan Shatter, responding to concerns expressed by Kevin Humphries (Lab, Dublin SE) that salaries from charitable funds should be disclosed, told the Dail that the Charities Act, 2009, was not prescriptive on this…
Funding for Irish voluntary organizations in Britain
The Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, told Jonathan O’Brien (SF, Cork NC) that despite the difficult budgetary situation, he was determined to maintain a significant level of funding for frontline Irish services in Britain (Dail…
New housing policy
The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Willie Penrose, told Tommy Broughan (Lab, Dublin NC) that on 16th June he had launched the government’s new housing policy (Dail Eireann, Debates, 23rd June 2011,…
Strategies for carers, old people, lone parents and Travellers
Asked by Billy Kelleher (FF, Cork NC) and David Stanton (FG, Cork E) about the carer’s strategy, the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton told the Dail that the government was committed to developing a carers’ strategy. An interdepartmental group…
Regeneration and PPPs
The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Willie Penrose, told the Dail that the government had allocated €63.22m to the regeneration programme in Dublin in 2011 for Ballymun, inner city flat complexes and…
Traveller education
The Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairi Quinn, outlined to Mary-Lou McDonald (SF, Dublin C) how he planned out address the fact that only 10% of Travellers completed post-primary education (Dail Eireann, Debates, 8th June 2011, 731-2). He explained that…
Cabinet subcommittee on social policy
The Taoiseach told Joe Higgins (SP, Dublin W) and Gerry Adams (SF, Louth) that the sub-committee on social policy had met once so far, on 9th June (Dail Eireann, Debates, 21st June 2011, 12).
Board of the Equality Authority
The Minister for Justice & Equality, Alan Shatter, told Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (SF, Cavan – Monaghan) that there would be new procedures for appointments to boards of state bodies, such as the Equality Authority (Dail Eireann, Debates, 23rd June 2011,…
