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“Environmental NGOs are a vital cog in our planning system”: Ministers Darragh O’Brien & Malcolm Noonan defend controversial NGOs like An Taisce – a serial housing objector – being given a “special position” within the planning process. Question by Ben Scallan.
MATT TREACY: So-called NGOs who would not exist were it not for the support of a state, with which they have a symbiotic relationship, are not within the classical definition of what constitutes an autonomous civil society or non-governmental organisation.
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“BelongTo was not encouraging teachers to lie to parents”: Roderic O’Gorman denies that teachers telling parents they “don’t know” if their children have gender issues, when they in fact do know, qualifies as a lie.
Department of Justice was concerned over the attraction of the welfare system for economic migrants, the vast majority of who were not accepted as genuine asylum seekers
“This has been happening.”
Links to LGBT Ireland
How Ireland works?
Massive spending
Irish Minister wouldn’t fund campaign groups that weren’t in line with government plans
Irish Minister: NGOs that receive funding need to be “in line” with government policy
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