Concern over rights body Bill - The Irish Times - Sat, Jun 30, 2012

Concern over rights body Bill - The Irish Times - Sat, Jun 30, 2012: "According to the heads of the Bill, which are before the Oireachtas Committee on Justice Defence and Equality at the moment, the director of the new commission will be the present head of the Equality Authority, Renee Dempsey, a former civil servant in the Department of Justice. Its board will be nominated by a selection panel to be established by the Government.

In its submission to the Oireachtas committee, the ERA states that the appointment of Ms Dempsey “removes autonomy from the commission to appoint its own director as recommended by the working group reporting to the Minister on the merger”.

“It also places a seconded civil servant at the head of the new body. Such a stipulation runs contrary to the Paris Principles,”"?

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