Minister Burton Publishes Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013

Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, today (22nd May 2013) published the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 to give effect to a number of social welfare and pensions reforms. The Bill is available to view on www.oireachtas.ie.  The...

Legislation For Civil Marriages Is Passed by Houses of the Oireachtas

Legislation to allow members of secular bodies to perform legal civil marriages is passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas The Minister for Joan Burton, T.D. today (Thursday, 20th December 2012) announced that the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2012 has now passed all...

Joan Burton Speaks on the Children’s Referendum

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill

  Speech by Joan Burton TD, Minister for Social Protection on the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill   　A Ceann Comhairle, I hope this week will be remembered as a week in which this government put the needs and safety of children...