“I just want to point out that the age of consent is actually 17.” Giving free contraception to under-17s could cause “legal challenges”, Junior Health Minister Mary Butler has said. Free contraceptives for women aged 17 to 25 will come into effect from next August as part of the 2022 Budget. At a Department of […]
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“The 2022 budget was a way for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to gain more of the younger vote, nothing more or nothing less.” It’s Budget day and with another year of increases and cutbacks, it’s clear yet again that this budget is not one for the young people of Ireland. Scanning over the latest […]
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The news was announced in today’s Budget. In launching Budget 2022 today, Ireland’s Minister or Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath unveiled details of the Dedicated Women’s Health Package which will address a number of areas including period poverty, contraception and sexual assault treatment units. From next August, women between the ages of 17 and […]
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Budget 2022 will be unveiled tomorrow, 12 October. Tomorrow sees the launch of Budget 2022, and with it a first for the Irish Government: addressing period poverty. The Independent has reported that, for the first time, measures will be taken to relieve period poverty. Additionally, the paper notes that services at sexual assault treatment units […]
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An extra bank holiday is being proposed as a way of paying back frontline workers. Budget 2022 is just around the corner and it would appear that the Government is already encountering some difficulties with regards to a proposed recognition payment bonus for frontline workers. On Wednesday, both Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar […]
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