Jan 1 was the first official day of the new Child and Family Agency. The Children’s Rights Alliance welcomes the agency — the centrepiece of Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald’s legislative agenda.

YOUR report headlined ‘MEPs miss one in five sessions of parliament’ is misleading in a number of respects, notably in its completely inaccurate statement that the European Parliament “sits about 30% fewer days than the Dáil”.

I AGREE fully with the sentiments of the former EU Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten, when he contends that the EU has not done enough to help people in the Darfur region of Sudan.