Statement by Kathleen Lynch TD
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Statement by Kathleen Lynch TD
Wednesday, 01 October 2008
SURVIVAL OF EQUALITY AUTHORITY ESSENTIAL
There is no sense whatsoever in talking about merging the Equality Authority with the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Data Protection Commissioner. All of these bodies certainly have their place and to dilute their important work in this way would be ludicrous.
The cost of running these bodies is relatively small, and I fail to see what real savings could be made by merging them.
This Government has consistently eroded and buried the equality issue since it abolished the Department of Equality and Law Reform back in 1997 and that attack seems to be continuing unabated.
It is beyond doubt that that more work needs to be done, but even a cursory glance at the Equality Authority’s latest annual report gives a clear indication as to the value of the work that they carry out.
The Authority has made significant gains in tackling discrimination and that work should not be compromised for the sake of a bookkeeping exercise of dubious value.
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Kathleen Lynch is Labour TD for Cork South Central. Find contact details for your TD by constituency here.
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