COPE Galway CLG

Intent: Housing - resourcing of increased exit routes from homelessness; adapt a 'Housing First' approach to family homelessness; resource access to housing for women and children leaving domestic abuse refuge, increased funding on homeless prevention and tenancy support..Youth Homelessness - resource delivery of support services and the current Youth Homelessness Strategy and commit to developing a successor strategy; fund psychosocial programmes addressing the traumatic impact of homelessness::Domestic abuse - fully resourcing legal aid representation, Fund updating schools’ curricula/educational programmes to eradicate Domestic, Sexual andGender-based violence (DSGBSV), delivered by specialised, trained and expert staff.Resource delivery of systematic, mandatory training and educational programmes, by DSGBVspecialists, appropriately trained, expert staff, on DSGBV to all workers in public services,::Older people - Resource a comprehensive, all-of-government national ageing strategy; Resourc

Methods: Submission

Intent: The inclusion and participation of all communities and particularly ethnic and other minorities, in the development of policies that impact upon them, is of prime importance and should be mainstreamed as a strategic objective, throughout the new strategy.::Increasing and expanding the modalities of cooperation with local communities to participate in the support of local development initiatives; recommend the inclusion of alternate routes to participation, in the new strategy, to improve engagement with marginalised communities who may be relatively disenfranchised; the next strategy to consider the extent to which PPNs are being facilitated to identify and engage with marginalised groups.::To ensure the involvement of communities in the decisions that affect them, inclusion should be accessible for communities through providing appropriate information and venues, potentially including translation services and childcare; apply diverse methods of engagement targeted to different prefere

Methods: Submission

Intent: An increased understanding of the extent of youth homelessness across local authorities and to provide quarterly publicly available reports on the number of young people aged 18-24 that present for support due to homelessness including numbers assessed as homeless under section 2 of Housing Act 1988, numbers allocated emergency accommodation, numbers not allocated emergency accommodation and reasons why and the numbers not regards as homeless.

Methods: Email

Intent: Addressing homelessness - The provision of more social housing in Galway City; 10% of new social housing to be dedicated to accommodate long-term homeless families; Fully implement the youth homeless strategy; ensure full drawdown of Traveller accommodation funds::Addressing Domestic Sexual and Gender-based violence - implement policies which support zero tolerance of DSGBV; fund schools education prograames to eradicate DSGBV delivered by expert staff in this area; educational programmes on causation of DSGBV delivered to all govt depts and agencies to be in a better position to respond appropriately; ensure access to move on accommodation for women and children from DV refuge; include those accommodated in DV refuge in national homelessness figures.::Older people - introduce policies to ensure that all can age well in their homes and communities; index state pension to always be equivalent to at least 34% of total average earnings; introduce a statutory homecare scheme and increase

Methods: Submission

Intent: Bringing to policy makers attention the Irish Homeless Policy Group's draft proposal for an independent appeals process for homeless and social housing support applications.::Seeking avenues for the Irish Homeless Policy Group to engage with the Oireachtas Housing Committee.

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Intent: The state to fulfil our legal obligations to provide for the basic needs of these international protection applicants, including the provision of shelter, food and access to basic hygiene facilities for those who are currently sleeping rough in Dublin city centre through the provision of access to emergency accommodation regardless of their status, gender or nationality, to provide basic humanitarian intervention to all of those seeking international protection.

Methods: Letter

Intent: An additional €1.4 billion investment in social housing, capacity to deliver social housing, housing options for older people, increase in HAP limits by 15%, resourcing of exit routes from homelessness, resourcing the delivery of the DSGBV strategy, introduction of a statutory homecare scheme and increase homecare hours, benchmark and index state pensions to at lease 34% of average earnings, increase basic social welfare rates €25 per week, ensure full cost recovery for the C&V sector.

Methods: Submission

Intent: Government to carry out a Health Impact Assesssment on the Sale of Alcohol Bill as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Justice.

Methods: Letter

Intent: All those seeking international protection who sleep rough should have access to emergency accommodation regardless of their status, gender or nationality. Every arm of the state should be used to address the need to accommodate and provide basic humanitarian intervention to all of those seeking international protection.

Methods: Letter

Intent: Seeking capital funding towards the balance of the capital building and associated costs incurred by Clear the outstanding debt COPE Galway are carrying for the costs of the development of the organisations Domestic Abuse services facilities at Modh Eile House in Galway City.

Methods: Meeting