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isPermaLink="false">http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/?p=1143</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mick Wallace (ind, Wexford) deplored the continued policy of austerity, for, he said, there was ‘a spectre haunting Europe, the spectre of mass unemployment’ (Dail Eireann, Debates, 22nd March 2012, 412, 421).  There were 24.3m people out of work in...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/ministers-state/austerity-%e2%80%98killing-europeans%e2%80%99/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>€150,000 top-ups for charity chiefs</title><link>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/e150000-top-ups-for-charity-chiefs/</link> <comments>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/e150000-top-ups-for-charity-chiefs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:19:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian Harvey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deputies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issue 31]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senators]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tanaiste and full ministers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Voluntary sector]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/?p=1141</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cuts in voluntary and community sector Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell (ind, Taoiseach nominee ) drew the attention of the Seanad to a report in the Irish Independent Probe into top ups for €150,000 charity chiefs  (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 7th March 2012,...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/e150000-top-ups-for-charity-chiefs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Delays in social welfare appeals</title><link>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/delays-in-social-welfare-appeals/</link> <comments>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/delays-in-social-welfare-appeals/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:17:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian Harvey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issue 31]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Social welfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tanaiste and full ministers]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/?p=1139</guid> <description><![CDATA[Delays in social welfare appeals were the subject of a topical debate issue raised by Anne Phelan (Lab, Carlow Kilkenny) (Dail Eireann, Debates, 28th March 2012, 68-70), who was critical of the ‘significant backlog’ that had built up.  Appeal periods...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/delays-in-social-welfare-appeals/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Traveller accommodation</title><link>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/ministers-state/traveller-accommodation/</link> <comments>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/ministers-state/traveller-accommodation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:16:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian Harvey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Deputies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issue 31]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ministers of State]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Travellers]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/?p=1135</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Dail returned to the issue of the appointment of social workers for child protection, especially in the light of 45 retirements at the end of February (Dail Eireann, Debates, 22nd March 2012, 471-3; 484-5).  The Minister for Children and...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/social-workers-for-child-protection/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Human Rights Commission, Equality Authority</title><link>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/senators/human-rights-commission-equality-authority/</link> <comments>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/senators/human-rights-commission-equality-authority/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:14:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian Harvey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Issue 31]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senators]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/?p=1133</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ivanna Bacik (Lab, Dublin University) demanded a debate on the proposed merger of the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 21st March 2011, 349).  Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) were apprehensive about the way it was being...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/senators/human-rights-commission-equality-authority/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Seanad debate on housing policy</title><link>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/seanad-debate-on-housing-policy/</link> <comments>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/seanad-debate-on-housing-policy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:13:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian Harvey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Deputies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Homelessness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issue 31]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ministers of State]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senators]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tanaiste and full ministers]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/?p=1129</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#62; Action plan for jobs: Seanad Eireann, Debates, 6th March 2012, 20-42 &#62; Early intervention and family support services: Seanad Eireann, Debates, 7th March 2012, 65-88 &#62; Services for people with rare diseases: Seanad Eireann, Debates, 7th March 2012, 88-106...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/subjects/other-debate-references/further-debates-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Round-up of reports due from government</title><link>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/round-up-of-reports-due-from-government/</link> <comments>http://www.oireachtasbrief.ie/people/tanaiste-ministers/round-up-of-reports-due-from-government/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:10:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Brian Harvey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Child welfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deputies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Employment & vocational training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Homelessness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issue 31]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ministers of State]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tanaiste and full ministers]]></category> <guid
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