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Tue 04 Apr 2009Human rights groups criticise cuts to funding
THE VICE-PRESIDENT of the European Court of Human Rights has said she was greatly disappointed by the heavy cuts in funding to the Equality Authority in Ireland.
Speaking at a conference on human rights in Dublin yesterday, Judge Elisabeth Palm, who was a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee last year when Ireland reported to it, said the State had highlighted the role of the authority in its dialogue with the committee. The cuts, of 43 per cent, were made quite soon after the dialogue was finished, she said.
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