Leaving aside the separate, but related, issue of Mr. Sean Aylward … it is my very clear conviction that Dermot Ahern TD, Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform in Ireland, intended to render the Equality Authority unable to fully or effectively carry out its core functions under European Union and Irish Legislation by means of the disproportionately high 43% cut in the Authority’s 2009 Budget and the redeployment of 15 staff posts to the Authority’s Roscrea Office.

This malicious act should, however, be seen in a wider context.

If you get an opportunity, please refer to a Working Paper of the European Parliament: ‘Fundamental Social Rights in Europe’ (SOCI 104 EN – PE 168.629), which was completed in November 1999 and published in February 2000.

Ireland’s performance concerning the recognition and support of human and social rights, when compared with other mainland European countries, was – and continues to be – disgraceful.

Proinsias De Rossa MEP, was correct in making a complaint to the European Commission about Minister Ahern’s clumsy assault on the Equality Authority.

http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=549

More people should really be made aware of this.

Tom