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Clare questions Minister Howlin about the impact on public services of the slashing of jobs in the public sector. Is it any wonder young people are emigrating when secure pensionable jobs are being replaced by jobs on substantially lower starting rates and appallingly, sometimes Job-Bridge schemes… The race to the bottom is alive and well…
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Minister continues to allow the prescribing of Larium to Irish troops regardless of the dangers. It is bordering on reckless endangerment at this stage to continue with this dangerous drug when other countries are moving away from it.
Clare questioned the Minister on the appropriateness of sending Irish troops to Mali under 42.7 of the Lisbon Treaty, which states that the rule ‘shall not prejudice the specific character of member states’ Ireland is under no obligation to send troops. It is clearly better that the best thing Ireland can do is to remain neutral.