Showing 7 results for the category: Rights.
2 News: No new plan against racism
Travellers as ethnic minority for decision shortly The Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter, told Jonathan O’Brien (SF, Cork NC) that he did not intend to develop a second national action plan against racism (Dail Eireann, Debates, 22nd November…
Recognition of Travellers as an ethnic group
The Minister for Justice & Equality, Alan Shatter, told Gerald Nash (Lab, Louth) that the Traveller Policy Division of his department had held discussions with five national Traveller groups about the issue of the recognition of the Traveller community as…
Irish compliance with European Social Charter, disability convention
Ireland’s compliance with the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe was outlined by the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, in a reply to Robert Dowds (Lab, Dublin MW) (Dail Eireann, Debates, 13th April 2011, 163-5). The revised…
Housing conditions and human rights
Joan Collins (ind, Dublin SC) asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was he aware of the poor living conditions in local authority flats in Dublin and the statement by the Irish Human Rights Commission President that…
Referendum on children
The Taoiseach was questioned as to the reasons for the delay in holding a referendum that would protect the rights of children (Dail Eireann, Debates, 30th June 2010, 11- 16; 29th June, 775-6). He told the Dail that the senior…
United Nations Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities
The Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Pat Carey told David Stanton (FG, Cork E) that it was the government’s intention to ratify the United Nations Convention on the rights of People with Disabilities as quickly as possible and…
Housing conditions in local authority flats
The housing conditions of some local authority flats were raised on the adjournment by Catherine Byrne (FG, Dublin SC), especially the complexes in Dublin long scheduled for regeneration (Dail Eireann, Debates, 2nd June 2010, 504-6). Hundreds of tenants were living…
