Social and Family Affairs Minister Mary Hanafin was taking questions in the Dáil on Tuesday. The answers to the questions are included in the transcript over on Kildarestreet.com. But look halfway down the page – the bit after ‘Notes for Minister’ – all her notes to possible supplemental questions with additional information not intended for […]
Catching up on Civil Partnership related news… Confirmed in a question to An Taoiseach on Tuesday by Eamon Gilmore, leader of the Labour Party. Note the dig by Dermot Ahern. Deputy Eamon Gilmore: Does the Taoiseach have an update on when the civil partnership Bill will be before the House? The Taoiseach: Hopefully, the first […]
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Firstly for those people who’ve waited for the moment the state actually recognises their relationship and offers a chance to get their affairs in order I’m sure yesterday was a very good day and by the end of the year or early next year there will be a lot of people queuing up to get […]
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Several times on Saturday at the Ard Fheis I wondered aloud and online about the absence of news. Ok so there’s no money available to announce anything new but that shouldn’t stop a bit of “makey uppey re-announcing previous new news” if you understand me. I did hear that everything was being put into the […]
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Minister for Social And Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin, told reporters on Friday that the Department is engaged in an equality review of the social welfare code. Ian in the comments poses the question… Is this the review announced by Coughlan in 2004? “As I outlined, a key objective of the Bill is to remove the […]
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