Speeches
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15.05.13 Speech by Minister Fizgerald at the Family Online Safety Institute |
| Ladies and Gentlemen, A friend sent me a cartoon the other day. A cartoon that had appeared recently in the New Yorker.It shows a young couple, sitting on a couch, watching their toddler. She's up at the window, her tiny fingers on the glass – like this ## - and her mother is saying to her father “She thinks it's a touch screen.”I laughed when I saw it. But it summed up the new reality. Published on 15 May 2013 [view more...] |
11.03.2013 Speaking Notes for Minister Fitzgerald at the opening plenary of the EU Youth Conference |
| I am delighted to host the EU Youth Conference here in the historic Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. This Conference is the flagship event of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of Ministers for Youth. Today, we welcome almost 250 participants - 150 young people and youth representatives and 100 policymakers Published on 11 March 2013 [view more...] |
06.03.13 Minister Fitzgerald's Statement in Seanad on Early Years Strategy and the Economic Benefits of Early Intervention |
| Early Years Strategy and the Economic Benefits of Early Intervention Statement to Seanad Éireann by Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Published on 06 March 2013 [view more...] |
4.02.13 Speech by Minister Fitzgerald at COFACE Conference 'Vulnerable Families – What Can Europe Do? |
| Good afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen, As Minister for Children and Youth Affairs it is a sincere privilege to address this conference on vulnerable families. I am delighted to have been in a position to include this conference within Ireland's EU Presidency calendar. I would like to thank the Confederation of Family Organisations of the European Published on 04 February 2013 [view more...] |
29.01.13 Speech by Frances Fitzgerald T.D. Minister for Children & Youth Affairs at the Launch of Action Plan on Bullying |
| Speech by Frances Fitzgerald T.D. Minister for Children & Youth Affairs at the Launch of Action Plan on Bullying 29th January 2013 Today is a significant step in the Government's absolute commitment to address the serious impact which bullying continues to have on our children. The Action Plan on Bullying is the first of its kind in Ireland.Bullying should never be a part of growing up. Growing up is challenging enough. But it happens. Published on 29 January 2013 [view more...] |
23.01.13 Fitzgeralds Presentation on Ireland's Presidency priorities in the area of youth affairs to the CULT Committee of the European Parliament |
| Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháíl do Cathaoirleach Pack, comh mhaith leis an gCoiste Pharlimintigh seo, as ucht an cuireadh labhair libh inniu. Is mór an onir dom féin agus don Roinn Leanaí anus Gnóthai Óige Published on 23 January 2013 [view more...] |
