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Legislation will ensure staff get swift response on flexible work requests

Under new law, workers with children under 12 will have recourse to WRC if employer ignores request

New regulations to ensure that creches are opened in residential developments

Minister says facilities are required under planning laws but some developers have sidestepped the rule by building a creche and then not opening it

Direct Provision

Target of ending direct provision by 2024 set to be dropped

The Department of Children is under severe pressure following the arrival of 44,000 Ukrainian refugees in Ireland

Ukrainian refugees help to counter country’s labour shortage

Nearly 6,000 jobs are being filled by the recent arrivals, who have the same rights to work and social welfare as Irish citizens, with around half of these posts in the food and accommodation sector

Summer season set to squeeze housing for Ukrainian refugees, minister warns

Roderic O’Gorman says some hotels may not renew contracts to accommodate Ukrainians

Gender pay gap firms ‘must outline steps towards equality’

Beginning in December, companies with more than 250 employees must publish their salary data, revealing gender pay gaps and the reasons for them

Plan to abolish direct provision hits setback due to Ukraine refugee crisis

The government’s plan to end direct provision has hit ‘unavoidable delays’ as staff in charge of the strategy have been redeployed to deal with Ukrainian refugees

Tent camps likely to be needed within weeks amid surge in Ukrainian refugees

The number of people arriving in Ireland following Russia’s invasion exceeded 600 a day at various points last week, and has now reached more than 12,000 in total

Departments and multinationals to publish gender pay gap details

Employers with more than 250 workers will have to publish details in December this year

All options to accommodate refugees from Ukraine being explored

The number of people arriving in Ireland is likely to increase significantly over the coming weeks, according to Minister Roderic O’Gorman

Roderic O’Gorman interview: ‘There’s a commitment across all three government parties to deliver affordable childcare’

The Minister for Children has a busy year ahead, with his main priority being to overhaul a dysfunctional childcare sector in a way that will reduce fees for parents while at the same time increasing pay for childcare workers

O’Gorman: close your gender pay gaps before details are made public

Government will spend €2m on new public database showing pay differences between men and women in large companies

Budget of €24 million for legal fees under mother and baby home redress scheme

Most of the fees are expected to go on legal advice for survivors

€800m to be shared among 34,000 mother and baby home survivors

Compensation scheme is the largest of its type in the history of the state, according to the Minister for Children

Spunout.ie to relaunch with new look

Youth information website for young people was viewed more than 2.3 million times last year

Timetable to end direct provision is unrealistic, DPER officials warn

Concerns have been expressed by senior civil servants in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that the new system will be restricted by constraints in the housing market

Government expects 61% will not avail of paid parental leave

The projected low take-up of the €245 payment threatens its aim of sharing parental leave between both parents

A place to call home: how new policy on asylum seekers will work

Direct provision is coming to an end with the publication of a new white paper. But policy makers admit in the document that it will be ‘challenging’ to have the new system completed by December 2024

Analysis: Mother and Baby Home Commission finds responsibility ‘rests mainly with fathers and families’

Church, state and wider society also contributed to ‘dark, difficult and shameful chapter’ of Irish history during which 9,000 babies died, report shows