Minister featured in NCBI Spring Newsletter

Local TD Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, featured in the Spring Edition of the NCBI (National Council for the Blind of Ireland) Newsletter, having attended a fundraiser in Clondalkin for the local Early Learning Centre.

Fitzgerald launches ‘Better Outcomes Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014 – 2020’

•    Minister Fitzgerald joined by an Taoiseach and Tánaiste for launch in Dublin Castle

•    Framework sets-out transformation goals and outcomes for children and young people and new structures reporting to the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy

•    Minister says Framework is about “moving on from addressing the legacy of failings to promoting a new culture and cross-government approach to improving outcomes for all children.”

Minister Fitzgerald publishes Children First Bill 2014

• New law to strengthen child protection in Ireland
• Acting on the 2009 Ryan Report Implementation Plan
• Delivery of key Programme for Government commitment

'Getting the Balance Right' - Irish Perspectives on policies for women in work and child wellbeing.

The following speech was delivered by Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, to an audience at Ewha Women's University, South Korea, in March 2014. 

'Getting the Balance Right' - Irish Perspectives on policies for women in work and child wellbeing.

Free 30 mins parking “the right move by Council,” says Fitzgerald

Local TD Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, has welcomed South Dublin County Council’s decision to trial 30 minutes free parking across the area’s pay and display areas as “the right move for businesses and consumers alike”.

She said: “I have supported this proposal since it was first mooted, and I congratulate my FG colleague Councillor William Lavelle for pursuing it with such vigour at Council level. The Council’s new approach will be rolled out for a trial period of six months, and I believe it will have a positive beneficial impact for Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown and Rathcoole.