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Fri 04 Apr 2010O'Rourke calls for children's rights referendum date
FIANNA FÁIL backbencher Mary O'Rourke called on the Government to name the date for the referendum on children's rights. She said much work was done to establish goodwill towards the agreed wording, which she presumed would be accepted by the Cabinet.
Ms O'Rourke, who chaired an Oireachtas committee on the issue, was speaking during a debate on child welfare and protection services. It was not widely known, she added, that Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews had €3 million in his budget to hold the referendum.
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