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Childminding Ireland
Children and Youth Affairs
- Childminding Ireland is the National Representative Organisation for childminding. The Funding of Childminding Ireland is by DCEDIY via Pobal. The DCEDIY is undertaking a structural review and the funding of National Voluntary Organisations is under consideration.
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Localise Youth and Community Service CLG
Children and Youth Affairs
- Contacted Elaine Dooley Assistant to Minister Roderic O Gorman DCEDIY in relation to inviting the Minister to a National Youth Volunteer Graduation In Lutrellstown Community College Dublin 15.
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National Disability Services Association
Justice and Equality
- Letter addressing the crisis now facing delivery of services by charities and voluntary bodies due to the impact of underfunding and discriminatory salary arrangements at state agency level, now made utterly unsustainable by rapidly rising inflation.
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Children in Hospital Ireland
Health
- Sharing Children in Hospital Ireland's policy proposals to improve supports for children in hospital and their families
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The Wheel
· 2 returns
Children and Youth Affairs · Community
- The Wheel signed a joint letter to Minister Roderic O'Gorman, along with community and voluntary sector members of the Tusla Commissioning Advisory Group. The letter outlined concerns around full costs recovery, sustainable funding and pay restoration for the sector.
- The Wheel developed and signed two joint letters with other representative from the sector which were sent to several government ministers outlining the funding, pay parity and recruitment crisis currently being experienced in the community and voluntary sector.
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Extern Ireland
Finance
- Email was sent to Government Ministers with Extern's pre-budget submission asks
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LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG
· 2 returns
Justice and Equality
- Protection of LGBT+ Refugees
- Hate Speech and Hate Crime
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Social Protection
- Email to inform on establishment of Vincentian MESL Research Centre at SVP
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CRAOL
Communications
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022
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Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland
· 3 returns
Children and Youth Affairs
- In June 2022, JRS Ireland submitted a joint letter with the Irish Refugee Council and attended a virtual meeting with NGO representatives and relevant Government ministers and officials, raising specific concerns about the conditions for International Protection applicants living in "overflow" in the Red Cow Moran Hotel.
- In July 2022, JRS Ireland wrote to the relevant Government minister and officials in relation to ongoing concerns regarding living conditions for International Protection applicants in the Citywest Hotel and Convention Centre.
- In July 2022, JRS Ireland submitted a joint letter with the Irish Refugee Council, to the TUSLA CEO and other relevant officials, raising concerns about current age assessment procedures for age disputed International Protection applicants.
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Sage Advocacy
· 2 returns
Health
- To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the current status of the Protection of Liberty Safeguards
- To highlight important omissions identified by Sage Advocacy in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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Early Childhood Ireland
· 2 returns
Children and Youth Affairs
- Budget 2023
- Core Funding proposals for ELC/SAC settings
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Neurological Alliance of Ireland
Health
- Support from Oireachtas members for the NAI Patients Deserve Better advocacy campaign: calling for investment to tackle the shortage of 100 nurse specialists across neurology services in Ireland.