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Intent: Key priorities to be identified and addressed in Budget 2027
Details: Construction specific funding model for AHBs. A cost recovery for CAS/CLSS units. Addressing gearing for AHB's. CALF Funding. CREL Funding and cost rental viability. Funding of communal and community facilities. Addressing fuel poverty. A multidisciplinary approach to address family homelessness.Imp, ...
Intent: Support and collaboration on report preparation prior to launch
Details: Meeting re: State of Caring 2026 Report
Intent: Improvements to the support and recognition given to family carers across key government departments.
Details: Annual Carers Forum - Matters relating to young carers, social protection, health housing and transport for family carers.
Intent: Improvements to the support and recognition given to family carers across key government departments.
Details: Department of Social Protection Pre-Budget Forum
Intent: To disseminate the findings of the MESL annual update report and the associated evidence-based policy recommendations in the Pre-Budget Submission
Details: Disseminate annual Minimum Essential Standard of Living report and associated pre-budget submission policy recommendations
Intent: To inform that the Minimum Essential Standard of Living 2026 report and associated pre-budget submission policy recommendations will be published in June, with details to follow
Details: Inform of upcoming MESL research report
Intent: To advocate the Autistic community's likelihood of experiencing poverty and their needs arising from that as the Department looks to work on the cost of disability.
Details: Workshop with the Department of Social Protection on the Cost of Disability
Intent: To discuss the context for Budget 2026, offering analysis of current minimum living costs and projected inflation, the role of one off vs permanent measures, and the potential impact of the approach taken in Budget 2026. ::To discuss progress on the benchmarking of working age social protection payments. ::To highlight potential issues with proposals for a means tested second tier of Child Benefit, and the importance of retaining a higher rate of support for older children.
Details: Bilateral meeting the Dept of Social Protection officials as part of Community & Voluntary Pillar
Intent: To raise any issues that members are facing with the Department and get updates on social welfare services
Details: C&V Pillar Bilateral meeting with Department of Social Protection
Intent: Disseminate a new research paper on the MESL needs of school age children, highlighting the additional costs associated with children aged 12 and over::Informing that new MESL research website is live, and updating links to research reports, publications, data, etc.::Announcing the availability of the new MESL calculator, which demonstrates the gap between current social welfare supports and households minimum expenditure needs.
Details: Informing of new MESL research publications
