Intent: Disseminate the report all Social Work Departments
Details: Invited Stakeholders to the Launch of Youth CEO Action Research Report
Intent: To raise awareness of issues facing Young People and Families accessing services and to explore ways that their voice can be amplified within services. To influence change in policy around how Young People and Families can access services that ensure better outcomes for them, and to raise the profile of YAP Ireland among decision makers in TUSLA Child & Family Services, Education, HSE Disability. Irish Youth Justice and Mental Health.
Details: YAP Ireland held National Conference where young people and families presented projects that they had been working on around a theme of 'Young People Speak Out - How Can I Bring About Change' to professionals and staff.
Intent: Consideration of our Election priorities in the election manifestos of political parties.
Details: Requested a meeting to discuss our Election priorities. Election Manifesto attached to these emails.
Intent: To secure a meeting with Minister Reilly
Details: To request meeting to discuss youth work policy
Intent: Clarification around whether flexibility is afforded to decision-makers in determining whether a young person is entitled to an aftercare plan.
Details: Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015
Intent: Inclusion of a range of commitments in the Programme for Government regarding public policy and investment in early childhood education and care.
Details: Programme for Government
Intent: We wished to meet representatives from the political parties to outline the principles which the alliance believed should underpin health and social care reform and to see if there was political support for these principles.
Details: Samaritans is a founding member and chair of the Health Reform Alliance which brings together voices from across the charity, health, social care and academic sectors to call for Government reform of Ireland's health and social care systems. Following our launch in January 2016, we sought meetings w, ...
Intent: Quality accessible affordable childcare in election manifestoes
Details: Pre-election invitations and event on how to achieve quality, accessible, affordable childcare, invitations to speak and attendance at event
Intent: Greater supports to the sector to enable planned expansion and reform to happen.::Better understanding of the challenges facing the sector in expanding to meet the expectations announced in Budget 2016, particularly in ensuring their viability and sustainability.::Ensuring new ECEC staff can be recruited and trained to required standard, and existing staff can receive appropriate education and training, particularly from levels 6 up.::Developing greater supports for children with additional needs in childcare.::Developing recruitment and training systems to meet the demands of the expansion of the sector and in driving improvements in quality.::Greater consideration of the viability and sustainability of the ECEC sector in Government decision making.::New initiatives to address low remuneration within the sector.::Action to ensure that displacement of existing services is minimised, particularly in the roll-out of the expanded ECCE.::The creation of new systems for regulating and suppo
Details: Expansion and reform of Early Childhood Care and Education scheme; viability and sustainability of the sector; Children with additional needs; recruitment and training of staff; remuneration; professionalisation of sector; building of capacity while tackling displacement; regulation of afterschool , ...
Intent: Greater supports to the sector to enable planned expansion and reform to happen.::Better understanding of the challenges facing the sector in expanding to meet the expectations announced in Budget 2016, particularly in ensuring their viability and sustainability.::Ensuring new ECEC staff can be recruited and trained to required standard, and existing staff can receive appropriate education and training, particularly from levels 6 up.::Developing greater supports for children with additional needs in childcare.::Developing recruitment and training systems to meet the demands of the expansion of the sector and in driving improvements in quality.::Greater consideration of the viability and sustainability of the ECEC sector in Government decision making.::New initiatives to address low remuneration within the sector.::Action to ensure that displacement of existing services is minimised, particularly in the roll-out of the expanded ECCE.::The creation of new systems for regulating and suppo
Details: Expansion and reform of Early Childhood Care and Education scheme; viability and sustainability of the sector; Children with additional needs; recruitment and training of staff; remuneration; professionalisation of sector; building of capacity while tackling displacement; regulation of afterschool , ...
