Norma Foley

To promote key aspects of INOU 2025 Pre-Budget Submission covering adequate income; supportive employment services; employment and programmes; education and training; community based organisations. In particular for Government to benchmark all social welfare rates at a level…

To garner support for the asks and recommendations forming part of the Limerick Chamber Budget Submission

Seeking financial changes as part of Budget 2025 in October, spanning Depts of Health, Children and Disability, Education, Social Protection, Finance and Public Expenditure, and Transport

Tralee Chamber Alliance representatives and our members would like to highlight the ongoing and escalating challenges faced by retailers, particularly small independent business, across Tralee and the broader region. Despite the efforts made by the finance and public expenditure…

That SVP recommendations in the areas of housing, energy, social protection, education, childcare, and supports for people with disabilities would be implemented in budget 2025

Make Minister aware of the budgetary proposals in our pre-budget submission relevant to that Department.

Funding in Budget 2024 to ensure the sustainability of vital services for people with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism under the overarching themes of Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities and Equitable Resourcing

To ensure adequate funds were set aside in Budget 24 to meet the needs of people with a disability::To ensure that organisations providing services to people with a disability are funded to meet meet the needs of its service users::Pay parity and equality for staff in S39…

That budget 2024 would provide increases in social welfare payments to children, expansion of the fuel allowance, child benefit to children in direct provision and an expansion of free school books to secondary school.

Support scheme to enable bookshops to survive loss of schoolbook business. ::Voucher scheme to be reconsidered.

We were seeking the support of Minister Norma Foley and her party colleagues for an increase of funding for our members. This included support for a pay increase costing 225,000 euro, support for multiannual funding, and support for HSE and Tusla joint funding costing 1,725…

To promote key aspects of the INOU 2024 Pre-Budget Submission. In particular, given the inadequacy of social welfare payments before the rise in the cost of living, an increase in these payments of least €25 per week. The development of an inclusive labour market and access to…

Introduce a range of financial supports, including a payroll tax support for small/Independent employers, to help businesses stay alive during this transition.::Energy Costs are still double what were before the war in Ukraine and are a huge strain on may small businesses. The…

To inform politicians of the stance of Limerick Chamber and member businesses across the Mid-West and to influence measures undertaken in the budgetary process

To outline research undertaken by Limerick Chamber and highlight issues and opportunities for businesses in the Mid-West to be support by policy initiatives as part of Budget 2024