Finding aid databases

Letter from the Secretary to the Government to the Department of External Affairs, informing him that the Department had no observations to make on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

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Letter from the Office of the Minister for Labour to the Private Secretary, Department of the Secretary, concerning the representations made to the Taoiseach by the 'Ad Hoc Committee of Women's Organisations' and outlining the Minister for Labour's views on the matter. He feels that in the private sector it is the responsibility of the Trade Unions o ensure equal remuneration for equal work as between the sexes, and it is open to them to implement this principle in negotiating wage agreements with the employers. In public employment the Minister for Labour has written personally to the Minster for Finance suggesting that the possibility of applying the principle of equal pay be generally considered. The Minister feels that public opinion would not favour the general removal of barriers on the employment of married women in public employment in view of the substantial extent of male unemployment. However, he does recognise that married women are being employed to a greater extent in the public sector and that the general policy towards the employment of married women will have to be reviewed.

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Letter from the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare to the Private Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, regarding the memorandum on the Status of Women in Ireland submitted to the Taoiseach by the Ad Hoc Committee of Women's Organisations. The Minister for Social Welfare, Joseph Brennan, feels that it is not clear that any of the comments or suggestions contained in the memorandum requires any observations from the Minister for Social Welfare. However, he does include his views on the allowances for widows and separated or deserted wives.

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Radio and Television message by the Taoiseach, Mr J Lynch, on Human Rights Day, 10 December 1968, in which the government policy in regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.

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Letter from Tony O'Dalaigh to the Private Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, informing him that equal opportunities in education are available to boys and girls. He also informs him that married women teachers are eligible for appointment in all types of schools and the compulsory retiring age is the same for men and women teachers.

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Statement issued by the Minister for Health for the guidance of expectant mothers who may qualify for free maternity and infant care services. Statement contains a list of the provisions available to the mothers.

Status of Women International Conventions Equal Pay for Equal Work

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Letter from the Department of External Affairs to the Private Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, regarding the 'Points of Discussion' memorandum sent to the Taoiseach by the Ad Hoc Committee of Women's Organisations. Letter outlines the views of the Minister for External Affairs regarding the ratification and implementation of United Nations Conventions, implementation of the clauses of the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against women and the representation of women on delegations abroad.

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Letter from B Weekes, Hon. Secretary, Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women in Ireland to the Taoiseach, requesting a meeting with him to discuss the correspondence which they have forwarded to him.

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Letter from the Private Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, to Mrs B Weekes, Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women in Ireland, informing her that the Taoiseach will write to the Chairman in the near future.

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Letter from the Department of Justice to the Private Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, detailing the Minister for Justice, Mr O'Morain's comments and suggestions on the memorandum received from the Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women in Ireland. He insists that legally, men and women have equal rights in marriage and discrimination by custom and practice. He also considers the suggests made by the Committee regarding closed marriage Courts and the Succession Act.

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