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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Education and Training] Email to Fianna Fáil representatives outlining SVP opposition to student loans and position on the Future Funding of Higher Education in Ireland
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Social Protection] Meeting between the Community and Voluntary Pillar and senior Civil Servants at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to discuss a number of policy issues including Pensions, Budget 2018, activation measures, accessibility of services and child and family supports.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Employment] Meeting between the Community and Voluntary Pillar and the Tánaiste to discuss the Action Plan for Jobs 2018.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Public Expenditure and Reform] Budget 2018 policy and advocacy related work.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Education and Training] Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills relating to the future funding of higher education in Ireland.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Housing] Letter of invitation to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to meet with SVP to discuss experience of supporting people with housing and homelessness issues and our solutions
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Education and Training] Letter of invitation to Minister for Education and Skills to meet to discuss SVP's experiences of supporting access to education and policies relating to educational disadvantage, education costs and access to further and higher education.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Social Protection] Email to Senator Alice Mary Higgins and Senator Lynn Ruane requesting that key issues in relation to the lone parents are raised at a Seanad debate with the Minister of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Housing] Meeting between the Community and Voluntary Pillar to discuss a number of policy issues including the review of Rebuilding Ireland, the Housing Summit, Budget 2018 housing measures, HAP and measures to address the homeless situation.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Local Government] Local Authority rates imposed on charity shops
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Social Protection] SVP met Minister Varadkar for the first time and we set out our Social Protection priorities currently and also for Budget 2017. Issues include policies related to lone parents in employment; lone parents who are undertaking an educational or training course; Child Benefit and the extension of the Personal Micro-Credit initiative to a wider population.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Budgetary matters] The Pre-Budget Submission proposals of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul including the policy areas of energy poverty; early childhood education and afterschool care; housing and homelessness; and income adequacy: http://www.svp.ie/getattachment/e2fa7fcd-5c97-4051-8436-33f9ff3e238d/Pre-Budget-Submission-2017-Building-an-Equal-Natio.aspx
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Education and Training] Costs of education, particularly school going education, for low income families. Issues: back to school costs; costs of school books; impact of so called 'voluntary' contributions on students / families; the cost of mock exams, photocopying, arts & crafts and extra-curricular activities; need for Child Benefit for school going children of 18 years; barriers preventing disadvantaged students from accessing third level; need for career guidance counselling for disadvantag
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Budgetary matters] The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP)'s Pre-Budget Submission for 2017. SVP want to see Budget 2017 prioritising investment in services over tax cuts. SVP members, through their direct work with people struggling on low incomes and often facing various health, caring responsibilities and other challenges, see the impact of poor investment in critical public services on the communities and families we assist.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Social Protection] meeting between the Community and Voluntary Pillar and the Dept of Social Protection on a range of Social Protection policies and issues including Budget 2017; payments for under 26s; Activation and employment; improving service provision; children; older people; rural issues; and poverty, data and impact assessment.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Environment] Public Policy area was more general - the Sustainable Development Goals - but there is no Public Policy area category that reflects the generality of the meeting. The meeting spanned from foreign affairs and trade to social protection to climate change and a fair, decent working environment for all.
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Children and Youth Affairs] Proposal to include Croi na Gaillimhe Resource Centre in Galway City within the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency
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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
[Budgetary matters] Increased availability, quality and affordability of Early Childhood Care and Education; the mapping of existing after school care; Energy Affordability and increased retrofitting of low income homes especially in the rented sector; Housing and Homelessness - and specifically the need for radically increased social housing provision; Income Adequacy and living costs for low income households; changes to the one parent family payment eligibility; the need for investment in pub
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