Opposition parties say pushing out Covid-19 emergency powers to November is a step too far
Stephen Donnelly has said he will amend the law so that a three-month extension in November is the only one permitted. By Christina Finn Tuesday 25 May 2021, 3:32 PM 3 hours ago 8,855 Views 18 Comments
Opposition members have called for earlier dates for the review.
Image: LEAH FARRELL; RollingNews.ie
Image: LEAH FARRELL; RollingNews.ie
HEALTH MINISTER STEPHEN Donnelly has said he will propose to amend the Government’s emergency laws for Covid-19 restrictions to ensure that there are no “rolling powers” for extensions.
His comments come as a number of Opposition parties have raised concerns about the extension of the emergency powers until November.
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Calls for Ireland to reverse its position on vaccine intellectual property rights Taoiseach should ‘pick up phone to Joe Biden, EU’ and support temporary waiver
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Calls have been made for Ireland to reverse its position on vaccine intellectual property rights and support a temporary international waiver when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) decides on the issue on Friday.
The European Commission represents the EU on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (Trips) and, in conjunction with the US, opposes the waiver which would allow developing countries to access and manufacture Covid-19 vaccines.
Opposition TDs appealed for the Government to use its influence to persuade the EU to support the waiver at Friday’s crucial WTO meeting, to ensure global equity of supply.
); We want to have families left to go back to : Medics here say Ireland must help India tackle huge Covid-19 wave
Indian healthcare workers in Ireland are “sacrificing ever seeing some family again” in order to care for people here amid the pandemic. By Órla Ryan Tuesday 27 Apr 2021, 12:05 AM 2 hours ago 3,364 Views 2 Comments
Family members of a person who died due to Covid-19 light the funeral pyre at a crematorium in Jammu, India, yesterday.
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Family members of a person who died due to Covid-19 light the funeral pyre at a crematorium in Jammu, India, yesterday.
); A person s sexual orientation is not up for debate : O Gorman moves to outlaw conversion therapy in Ireland
The move comes after a new cross-party all-island coalition this week called for the practice to be banned. By Cónal Thomas Thursday 15 Apr 2021, 5:03 PM 2 hours ago 13,255 Views 30 Comments
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Image: Shutterstock/Derick Hudson
MINISTER FOR CHILDREN Roderic O’Gorman has moved to ban conversion therapy in Ireland and tasked officials with exploring ways to outlaw the practice in the Republic.
Conversion therapy refers to any form of treatment proposed to change a person’s sexual orientation or to suppress a person’s gender identity. There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to legislate to ban it.