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One of the four functions of Combat Poverty set out in the Combat Poverty
Agency Act 1986 is "advising and making recommendations to the Minister
for Social and Family Affairs on all aspects of economic and social planning
in relation to poverty in the State". Our policy advice work includes:
- Providing policy advice and recommendations to the Minister for Social
and Family Affairs, Government departments and agencies and local, regional
and European bodies on poverty-related aspects of economic and social
planning
- Working with the Office for Social Inclusion in the Department of
Social and Family Affairs to support the effective implementation of
the National Anti-Poverty Strategy
- Establishing and maintaining policy liaison and co-operation with
Government departments, statutory and other public bodies
- Participating on and making submissions to Government advisory committees
and review groups
See our Submissions
Archive for Combat Poverty policy submissions from 1995 to date.
Representation on Advisory Groups
Combat Poverty's representation on Government and other advisory groups
includes:
- Border, Midland and Western and Southern and Eastern Regional Operational
Programme Monitoring Committees under the National Development Plan
- Community Development Support Programme Advisory Committee and Technical
Committee, convened by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs
- Educational Equality Initiative Working Group, convened by Department
of Education and Science
- Equality Proofing Working Group, convened by the Department of Justice,
Equality and Law Reform
- E-Inclusion Working Group, Information Society Commission, convened
by the Department of the Taoiseach
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service National Advisory Committee, convened
by the Department of Social and Family Affairs
- National Development Plan, Equal Opportunities and Social Inclusion
Coordination Committee, convened by Department of Justice, Equality
and Law Reform
- NAPS Technical Advisory Committee, convened by Department of Social
and Family Affairs
- Nutrition Group of the Cardiovascular Strategy, convened by the Department
of Social and Family Affairs and the Department of Health and Children
- Primary Care Steering Group, convened by the Department of Health
and Children
- URBAN Monitoring Committee, convened by the Department of Community,
Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Combat Poverty and the National Anti-Poverty Strategy
Combat Poverty promotes and supports the effective implementation of
NAPS at local, national and European levels.
- At a national level, Combat Poverty participates on the NAPS Technical
Advisory Group and carries out research, analysis and innovation on
poverty data, poverty and social indicators, poverty proofing and facilitates
the involvement of people experiencing poverty and their representative
organisations in anti-poverty work.
- The Local
Government Programme is a key support for the local implementation
of NAPS.
- At European level, Combat Poverty participates in transnational work
to identify and promote best practice in tackling poverty through the
Mainstreaming Social
Inclusion Programme.
- The Having
Your Say Programme was established in 2005 to strengthen the voice
of people living in poverty in the National Anti-Poverty Strategy at
local, regional and national levels. The Programme will provide funding
and development support to a number of initiatives aimed at actively
engaging people living in poverty in the development and implementation
of the NAPS.
Combat Poverty works closely with the Office for Social Inclusion (OSI)
in the Department of Social and Family Affairs. The Office's website www.socialinclusion.ie
has extensive information on the National Anti-Poverty Strategy, including
the full text of the Strategy and other NAPS-related documentation.
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