Oireachtas Brief §16 April 2011
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Oireachtas Brief 16 (OB16) covers the Dail from early April till Easter (with one item, on housing policy, held over from OB15). Oireachtas Brief 17, to be published in June, will cover the Dail from its reconvening in early May until the end of the month.
1 News
End of Clar: review of administrative, funding, departmental reshuffles, CDPs
Internship and labour market programmes
Volunteering and unemployment payments
Plan for dialogue with voluntary, community sector
Irish compliance with European Social Charter
Educational disadvantage: DEIS and literacy initiatives
Policies on housing, homelessness
Housing conditions and human rights
Joint policing committees
2 Debates
Poverty and fuel poverty
Prison conditions
