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Government Departments
Department of Social Protection
www.welfare.ie
Responsibilities: social welfare system, labour market activation
The Social Inclusion Division in the Department
of Social Protection is responsible for the co-ordination of the
National Action Plan Against Poverty and Social Exclusion (NAPincl), which
incorporates the National Anti-Poverty Strategy.
www.socialinclusion.ie
Department of Education and Skills
www.education.ie
Responsibilities: education, educational disadvantage, lifelong learning
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
www.djei.ie
Responsibilities: employment, industrial relations
Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
www.environ.ie
Responsiblilities: housing policy, local government, environment
Department of Finance
www.finance.gov.ie
Responsiblilties: annual Budget, Government spending
Department of Health
www.dohc.ie
Responsiblilties: health policy, planning of health services, older people
Department of Justice and Equality
www.justice.ie
Responsibilities: justice system, legal system, immigration
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
www.dcya.gov.ie
Responsibilities: early childhood care, youth justice, child welfare
Department of the Taoiseach
www.taoiseach.ie
Responsiblities: social partnership, economic and social policy, information
society
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Social Inclusion Agencies
Pobal
www.pobal.ie
Pobal, formerly Area Development Management, is an independent company
designated by the Government and the European Commission to support local
economic and social development. Pobal manages a number of programmes
targeted at countering disadvantage and exclusion and promoting reconciliation
and equality.
Citizens Information Board
www.citizensinformationboard.ie
The Citizens Information Board (formerly Comhairle) is the national support
agency responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice
and advocacy on social services. It provides citizens information,
support for information providers and social policy and research information.
Equality Authority
www.equality.ie
The Equality Authority is the statutory agency working towards the elimination
of discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, disability, race, religion,
marital status, family status, sexual orientation and membership of the
Traveller community.
Family Support Agency
www.fsa.ie
The Family Support Agency was established in 2003 and is a statutory
body providing and supporting family mediation and family support services.
National Disability Authority
www.nda.ie
The NDA is the statutory agency which advises the Government on disability
policy. It also undertakes research on disability in Ireland and monitors
the implementation of codes and standards aimed at promoting equality
for people with disabilities.
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Social Partners
Social partnership is a means of reaching agreement between the Government
and the Social artners on economic and social policy. It comprises 4 "pillars":
employers, unions, farmers and the community and voluntary sector. Its
members are:
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
www.ictu.ie
Irish Business and Employers Confederation
www.ibec.ie
Irish Farmers Association
www.ifa.ie
The Community and Voluntary Pillar is made up of a number
of organisations:
Community Platform
The Community Platform is a group of national community and voluntary
sector networks and organisations engaged in combating poverty and social
exclusion and promoting equality and social justice. Its current member
organisations are:
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Advisory Bodies on Economic and Social Policy
National Economic and Social Council
www.nesc.ie
NESC advises the Government on economic and social development. The Council
is made up of nominees from the social partners as well as representatives
from Government departments.
National Economic and Social Forum
www.nesf.ie
NESF monitors and evaluates the implementation of policies and programmes
aimed at achieving equality social inclusion.
Economic and Social Research Institute
www.esri.ie
ESRI is a national independent research body on economic and social policy.
It undertakes and publishes a wide range of research studies on all aspects
of social and economic development.
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