Showing 8 results for the category: Europe.
Appointments: Council of Europe
The Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Paul Kehoe, informed the Dail of Ireland’s appointments to the Council of Europe in 2012 (Dail Eireann, Debates, 16th December 2011, 573). They were: Joe O’Reilly (FG, Cavan Monaghan),…
Re-setting poverty targets
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told Caoimhghin O Caolain (SF, Cavan Monaghan) that she was overseeing a comprehensive review of the national poverty target (Dail Eireann, Debates, 22nd November 2011, 454-5). The purpose was to enable Ireland to…
Irish EU presidency 2013
The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Lucinda Creighton, told the Dail that Ireland would hold the presidency of the European Union from January to June 2013 (Dail Eirann, Debates, 13th July, 548-9). To manage it, two…
European year for combatting poverty and social exclusion
The Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Pat Carey, reported to the Dail on the outcome of the 2010 European year for combatting poverty and social exclusion (Dail Eireann, Debates, 14th December 2010, 119). He told Joan Burton (Lab,…
EU2020 strategy: Ireland’s programme due April
The progress of the EU2020 strategy, which includes important targets against poverty, was raised in the Dail by Joan Burton (Lab, Dublin W) who told the Taoiseach that she understood that the first draft of the national reform programme had…
EU2020 strategy
Asked by Aengus O Snodaigh (SF, Dublin SC) about Ireland’s approach to implementing the European targets on poverty in the EU2020 strategy, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin told the Dail that the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht…
European targets against poverty
Returning to an issue in Oireachtas Brief 5, the Taoiseach reported on the summer European Council meeting on the outcome in setting targets for the reduction of poverty (Dail Eireann, Debates, 7th July 2010, 44-5). The Council had signed off…
European targets against poverty
On 19th May, the Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs, Pat Carey, told Aengus O Snodaigh (SF, Dublin SC) that indicators for European targets against poverty were being examined by an expert sub-group of the EU Social Protection Committee…
