Overwatch Report

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] CWI continues to participate in the Cross Sectoral Group and the CSG Subgroups that are now implementing the DRCD strategy, Strong, Sustainable and Empowered Communities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Justice and Equality] CWI continued to work with a range of NGOs on the impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable groups and a planning framework to mitigate against the worst impacts

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'A number of letters were circulated to TDs, Senators, government departments and the NEPHT CoVID-19 Vulnerable Groups subcommittee:\nCOVID-19 NGO Group - Income Adequacy and Community Supports in Budget 2021\nCOVID-19 NGO Group - Call for NGO representation on NPHET\nCOVID-19 NGO Group - Support for Marginalised Communities'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] CWI continued to work as a member of the Community Services Programme Advisory Group, a group established by the Department of Rural and Community Development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Community Workers' Limited

January–April

[Community] Community Work Ireland has engaged with the Department of Rural and Community Development in relation to policies and programmes that impact on CWI members who are community workers. Specifically we engaged with the Department on SICAP and the Framework Policy for Local and Community Development, specifically engaging on the national Implementation Working Group. This has included a number of meetings with Department senior officials and meetings of the National Framework Working Gro

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Community Workers' Limited

January–April

[Community] CWI engaged with the Department of Rural and Community Development on the development of the National Social Enterprise Policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Community Workers' Limited

May–August

[Community] CWI engaged with the Department of Rural and Community Development on the development of the National Social Enterprise Policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] CWI participated in the development of the implementation plan for the DRCD strategy Strong, Sustainable and Empowered Communities as members of the Cross Sectoral Working Group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Community Workers' Limited

January–April

[Community] CWI participated in the development of the implementation plan for the National Policy Framework for Local and Community Development with the Dept of Rural and Community Development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Community Workers' Limited

May–August

[Community] CWI participated in the development of the implementation plan for the National Policy Framework for Local and Community Development with the Dept of Rural and Community Development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Community Workers' Limited

May–August

[Community] CWI applied for funding to all local authorities and several government departments to support the organisation of the World Community Development Conference 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Tom Barry', 'role': 'CEO (Carlow County Council)'} {'name': 'Joe McGrath', 'role': 'Chief Executive Officer (Tipperary County Council)'} {'name': 'Owen Keegan', 'role': 'CEO (Dublin City Council)'} + 28 more

Community Workers' Limited

May–August

[Public Expenditure and Reform] CWI co-signed a letter from the SDG Coalition2030 urging the Minister for Public expenditure to ensure that Budget 2019 provides funding to support the development of an innovative participatory process for groups experiencing social exclusion, poverty and inequality in the national implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the setting up of the Irish SDG Stakeholder Forum

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Environment, Climate and Communications)'} {'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform)'} {'name': 'Regina Doherty', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection)'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] CWI participated in the development of the implementation plan for the National Policy Framework for Local and Community Development with the Dept of Rural and Community Development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] Freedom of Galway City be removed from

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Billy Cameron', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Padraig Conneely', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Ollie Crowe', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Michael John Crowe', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Mike Cubbard', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} {'name': 'Frank Fahy', 'role': 'Councillor (Galway City Council)'} + 13 more

Community Workers' Limited

January–April

[Community] Our Communities: Framework Policy on Local and Community Development and the development of SICAP 2

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Community Workers' Limited

May–August

[Community] Community Work Ireland has engaged with the Department of Rural and Community Development (formerly the Department of Planning, Housing, Community and Local Government) in relation to the Framework Policy for Local and Community Development, specifically engaging on the national Implementation Working Group. This has included a number of meetings with Department senior officials and meetings of the National Framework Working Group

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Community Workers' Limited

May–August

[Community] Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme. Community Work Ireland made a number of submissions to positively influence the second iteration of the programme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] CWI engaged with the Department of Rural and Community Development on the development of SICAP II and the development of an implementation plan for the National Policy Framework on Local and Community Development

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Elizabeth Canavan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Bairbre Nic Aongusa', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Rural and Community Development)'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] To ensure that independent community work is supported in policies, programmes and strutures

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paul Lemass', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'} {'name': 'Heather Humphreys', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht)'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] Promoting social inclusion in the LEADER programme

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ann Phelan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Environment, Community and Local Government)'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] Promoting migrant integration

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Submission All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'submission sent to all Oireachtas members'}

Community Workers' Limited

September–December

[Community] Public procurment and it's effect on community development and social inclusion work

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Email All Oireachtas Members', 'role': 'Emailed all Oireactas members highlighting our concerns and porviding them with a link to the report'}

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