Government’s new Economic and Evaluation Service, IGEE
The Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, Brendan Howlin, told Pearse Doherty (SF, Donegal SW) that 27 staff are due to take up placement under the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation...
View ArticleProportion of lottery of good causes
The Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, Brendan Howlin, told Michael Colreavy (SF, Sligo Leitrim N) that the portion of lottery sales for good causes would remain at 30.5% (Dail Eireann,...
View ArticleFunding for youth cafés
The Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, told Caomhghin O Caolain (SF, Cavan Monaghan) that her department was examining the most effective distribution of youth capital...
View ArticleTraveller housing
The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government, Jan O’Sullivan, told Aengus O Snodaigh (SF, Dublin SC) that her department did not hold information on the...
View ArticleDiscussions on Travellers and Habitual Residence Condition
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told Caoimhghin O Caolain (SF, Cavan – Monaghan) that officials of her department had met with a representative group of Travellers to discuss, among...
View ArticleDisability allowance review
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told Padraig MacLochlann (SF, Donegal NE) that she expected this September the review of the disability allowance proposals made in the last budget...
View ArticleScandinavian model of childcare interdepartmental group
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, responded to a question from Michael Martin (FF, Cork SC) about her department’s progress toward a Scandinavian model of childcare (Dail Eireann,...
View ArticleSingle working age assistance payment interdepartmental group
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told the Dail that an interdepartmental group was now working on the services and supports that would be required to support the introduction of a...
View ArticleCommunity Employment review received
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, confirmed that she had now received a copy of the review on Community Employment (Dail Eireann, Debates, 12th June 2012, 3-4). One of the reasons why...
View ArticleOireachtas Brief §35 June 2012 (2)
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...
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