Dermot - Call time on Attacks on Equality and Human Rights

Equality & Rights Alliance

Protecting Equality and Human Rights

www.eracampaign.org

Photocall Notification

For release: November 11, 2008

Dermot - Call time on Attacks on Equality and Human Rights

Dermot Ahern T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will be in his bed, to be awakened by a giant alarm clock at a photocall this Thursday, November 13th at 11 a.m. outside Dáil Eireann (Kildare Street Gate).

The alarm clock will ask him to CALL TIME on the Budget Attacks on Equality and Human Rights.

The Minister will be before the Dáil for questioning later that day. Opposition spokespeople will ask the Minister to outline his reasoning for cutting the budgets of The Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission by 43% and 24% respectively. In addition, the Equality Authority is being fast-tracked to Roscrea at a time when decentralization has been halted for most. This action is completely disproportionate to the budget outcome for other agencies within the Justice Department.

The photocall is being organized by Equality & Rights Alliance, a coalition of 65 civil society organizations representing 2.5 million people including older people, people with disabilities, women, immigrants, gay and lesbian people, Travellers and many others.

Equality & Rights Alliance has also started a 9 day email campaign to all TDs and Senators running up to the day the Finance Bill is presented in the Dail on November 20th. The 9 day campaign represents the 9 grounds for discrimination.

Members of Equality & Rights Alliance will be outside the Dáil to help WAKE UP the Minister.

You are invited to attend this photocall

For more information contact:

Edel Hackett - Tel: 087-2935207

DERMOT - CALL TIME

What: Dermot Ahern T.D. in bed with a giant alarm clock

Where: Dáil Eireann, Kildare Street gate

When: Thursday, November 13, 2009 at 11 a.m.

Who: Equality & Rights Alliance - coalition of 65 civil society organisations

Tags: Dermot Ahern
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