Opinion
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Lone parents want to work
But confusing, sometimes abortive, changes to payments and ‘disregards’ are holding them back
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Spring unsprung
The unreforming Spring Statement is over-optimistic and spendthrift
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Don’t tell me my family’s ‘not ideal’
The No side are using children to play on fears
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The recent Dáil debate on a private members bill to provide for terminations of pregnancy in fatal foetal abnormality has raised important human and legal concerns. The bill was opposed by Government on the basis of the Attorney General’s advice that its text was incompatible with the Constitution. However, at my request the Oireachtas Committee […]
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International Women’s Day (March 8th) provides us with an opportunity to reflect on issues relating to gender equality and to take stock on where progress has been made and the challenges that remain to be overcome. This is the first of two articles which assesses progress and challenges associated with women and the economy. Ireland […]
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The Report and Final Stage debates on the Gender Recognition Bill 2014 have now concluded in Seanad Eireann. The Bill will now proceed to the Dáil in March. The Minister responsible for this legislation, Labour’s Kevin Humphreys, only accepted two significant amendments in the Seanad. The first amendment is that the Bill will contain a […]