| Oireachtas Brief 62 December 2013 (1) |
In this issue...
- Welcome to Oireachtas Brief, the information service for social justice NGOs and voluntary sector activists interested in issues of poverty and social exclusion in the Oireachtas. Oireachtas Brief is provided by The Wheel an... read the full article
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- Discussions on charity salaries, top-ups and the regulation of charities became prominent as the controversy over the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) reached a climax and also became connected to discussion on government policies against poverty, so they... read the full article
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- > Homeless people: Seanad Eireann, Debates, 3rd December 2013, 4; 5th December, 163; Dail Eireann, Debates, 3rd December 2013, 207-211; 214-217; > Child and Family Agency Bill, 2013: Seanad Eireann, Debates, 3rd December 2013, 45-67 (... read the full article
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- The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, told Eamon O Cuiv (FF, Galway W) that she had announced nine areas to enter the design stage of the Area Based Childhood (ABC) programme 2013-2016 (Dail Eireann, Debates, 5th December 201... read the full article
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- Government ministers answered a set of questions from Billy Timmins (ind, Wicklow) about the amount of funds that they provided for voluntary and community organizations (Dail Eireann, Debates, 10th December 2013, 177, 303, 331, 342, 290, 156, 181, 197... read the full article
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- The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, told Micheal Martin (FF, Cork SC) that he had provided €1.9m for Philanthropy Ireland for three years, provided that it was matched by philanthropic sources, to support t... read the full article
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- The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Kathleen Lynch, reported to Sean Kyne (FG, Galway W) funding for 100 demonstration projects in residential and day disability services (Dail Eireann, Debates, 11th December 2013, 587-8). They arose f... read the full article
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- > Government analysis of social impact of 2014 budget: Dail Eireann, Debates, 3rd December 2013, 365. > Government allocation of €5.456m from dormant accounts to support labour force activation measures in local authorities in 2014: Dai... read the full article
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