Current memberships may indicate policy relevance. They do not prove why a lobbying contact was made, and may not match membership at the time of older returns.
Intent: To secure a meeting with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality to discuss the Sustainability Review and Core Funding; seek clarity on the process and its impact on providers’ businesses; raise concerns about service-running cost pressures and the potential effect on providers’ participation in Core Funding; and advocate for increased, long-term sustainable funding that improves childcare affordability and gives providers greater certainty.
Details: Engagement and correspondence with Oireachtas members and Department Officials to discuss the sustainability fee review and Core Funding model for the early learning and childcare sector.
Intent: To seek political support for changes to the medical card means test so that it accounts for disability-related expenses, specifically in the case of aging polio survivors facing post-polio syndrome.
Cost of disability payment for 65+, changes to income eligibility for medical card, the cost of disability as an allowable expense in means-testing for medical cards. - Virtual Meeting
Intent: To ask several TDs to submit PQs on our behalf asking the Minister of Social Protection to extend the cost of disability payment to those who are in recipet of the State Pension
Details: PQ to extend cost of disability payment to those on the state pension with disabilities
Intent: Bringing to the attention of members of the Oireachtas and people seeking election the issues facing unemployed people, so as to secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education, training, employment policies and outcomes.
Details: Key General Election issues for people who are unemployed, distanced from the labour market, and people working on these issues, calling on all political parties and people standing in the forthcoming General Election to ensure adequate levels of income; improve welfare to work supports; provide qua, ...
In particular INOU called for benchmarking of all social welfare rates to lift people above poverty line and ensure Minimum Essential Standard of Living; support people to address initial costs of taking up employment by introducing a travel card or a voucher system; provide timely information on return to work payments; address barriers in labour market facing people; ensure availability of transport, affordable childcare and housing; add socio-economic status ground into equality legislation. - Submission
