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Tue 08 Aug 2010White 'hopes to protect' equality bodies
Green Party Minister Mary White has said it is her “absolute wish” that no further cuts be made in the budgets of agencies who deal with equality issues.
The Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority were two of the first organisations to suffer the brunt of Government cutbacks. The IHRC had its budget cut by 32 per cent while the Equality Authority’s chief executive Niall Crowley resigned in protest at a 43 per cent cut to its budget.
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