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Tue 12 Dec 2008FG tables motion on cuts to equality and rights bodies
FINE GAEL has tabled a motion to force a Dáil debate in the new year on cuts to the Equality Authority's and Human Rights Commission's budgets.
"Equality and human rights are fundamental to Irish democracy and cannot be downgraded to the bottom of the Justice Minister's list of priorities," the party's justice spokesman, Charlie Flanagan, said.
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