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Video of my Dáil Statement on Inter-Country Adoption

Posted on February 22, 2012 12:22 PM   |   Permanent Link   

http://www.youtube.com/user/IrishLabourParty?ob=0&feature=results_main#p/a/u/2/lT53Ynb3ib0...
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Dáil Statement on Inter-Country Adoption

Posted on February 22, 2012 12:17 PM   |   Permanent Link   

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this matter today in the House. One aspect of this debate that I would like to focus on today is how prospective parents are viewed and commented upon both in the national commentary on this issue and sometimes, and regrettably, by the Irish state. From my experience, adoptive parents are often described as desperate. They are portrayed as being so focussed on completing an adoption that they have no regard for, or interest in, the ethical issues concerned. This is anything but true. In dealing with inter-country adoption it has to...
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"POST OFFICE PAYMENT OPTION A MUST FOR HOUSEHOLD CHARGE" SAYS RYAN

Posted on February 22, 2012 12:09 PM   |   Permanent Link   

Brendan Ryan, Labour Party TD for Dublin North, has urged Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan to include the post office as a payment option for the Household Charge. In response to a Parliamentary Question tabled by Deputy Ryan, Minister Hogan said he was satisfied that there is a "comprehensive suite of payment options" available to persons with a liability to pay the household charge. However, Deputy Ryan has received a large number of enquiries from older people and those who live in rural North County Dublin who either do not have Internet access nor is...
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