Showing results 1 - 10 of 30 for the category: Voluntary sector.
Protecting Community Employment
Cutbacks to Community Employment (CE) were raised several times in both houses (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 12th January 2012, 639-642; Dail Eireann, Debates, 17th January 2012, 808-810; 972-3; 18th January, 68-70). In the Seanad, David Cullinane (SF, labour) spoke of how…
Funding services for Irish emigrants in new destinations
Niall Collins (FF, Limerick) raised the issue of €1.3m cuts in services provided by voluntary organizations for Irish emigrants abroad (Dail Eireann, Debates, 17th January 2012, 771-2). The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore, said he did not expect frontline…
Taoiseach on the homeless
Gerry Adams (SF, Louth) drew attention to the ‘grim reality’ of homelessness in Dublin (Dail Eireann, Debates, 14th December 2011, 6-7). Night after night, from summer time to the freeze of winter, people were forced to sleep rough and there…
Funding People with Disabilities Ireland, National Women’s Council
Call to review disability sector There were further echoes to the end of government funding for People with Disabilities Ireland (PwDI), covered in earlier bulletins. In the Seanad, Martin Conway (FG, Galway E), reiterated that what was needed was an…
1 Debates: Closing down People with Disabilities Ireland
No more funding for Northside Community Law Centre? The Seanad debated, on the adjournment, the closing down of People with Disabilities Ireland following the withdrawal of its funding (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 30th November 2011, 1060-4). Opening the debate, Senator Martin…
Re-setting poverty targets
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told Caoimhghin O Caolain (SF, Cavan Monaghan) that she was overseeing a comprehensive review of the national poverty target (Dail Eireann, Debates, 22nd November 2011, 454-5). The purpose was to enable Ireland to…
1 Debates: Voluntary and community sector in the Seanad
The Seanad debated the role of the voluntary and community sector (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 9th November 2011, 267 – 290). Opening the debate, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan spoke of how his department was…
Voluntary and community sector
The Dail held a two-day debate on the work of the voluntary and community sector on a motion from Brian Stanley (SF, Laois-Offaly) (Dail Eireann, Debates, 11th October 2011, 73-94; 12th October, 478- 505). Voluntary and community organizations had been…
Dormant accounts
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, introduced to the Seanad the Dormant accounts (amendment) Bill 2001 to dissolve the Dormant Accounts Board and transfer its functions to the minister (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 12th October 2011,…
Joint policing committees review and white paper on crime
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter, told Dessie Ellis (SF, Dublin NW) that his department was engaged in a major consultative exercise that would lead to a white paper on crime (Dail Eireann, Debates, 20th September 2011, 835). …
