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The Minister of State for Justice at the Department of Justice and Equality, David Stanton TD, with special responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, today attended the Traveller Pride Awards which were held in Dublin today...

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for New Communities, Culture, Equality and Drug Strategy, today (16 October 2015) welcomed the beginning of Professor Michael O’Flaherty’s tenure as Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)...

The Tánaiste Joan Burton TD and the Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD joined SSE at its headquarters in Dublin today as it announced it is to become a Living Wage employer. This move guarantees that all of its employees will earn a Living Wage of at least €11.50 per hour from the 1st of January 2016...

The Dublin City Age Friendly Strategy 2014 - 2019 is an initiative designed to create a capital city where older people are valued and respected. It seeks to improve the quality of lives of people over the age of 55...

The Minister of State with special responsibility for Equality, New Communities and Culture, Mr. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, welcomes the nomination by the Public Appointments Service of Ms Emily Logan to...

Ms Kathleen Lynch T.D., Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health & Older People today (Wednesday 25th June 2014) launched a new iFightDepression self-management programme...

I welcome the tabling of the motion on the issue of racism in the name of Senators Fiach Mac Conghail, Mary Ann O’Brien, Marie Louise O’Donnell, Jillian van Turnhout and Katherine Zappone...

The Minister for Older People, Kathleen Lynch TD, today (Tuesday, 6 May 2014) welcomed the publication of HIQA’s first ever Overview Report on its regulatory programme...

Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence Alan Shatter TD today published a Bill to merge the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission...

Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People, today, (4th March) expressed her delight that an agreement...