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Sat 03 Mar 2003Extending nature of family affairs
If the Government is to support the family, it must first redefine the term, writes Nuala Haughey
Mary Coughlan is setting up a giant kitchen table for us all to sit around, like one big family, to talk about how to make things better. The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, herself a working mother, says she wants to take the pulse and heartbeat of the nation on how best the State can support families.
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