Pearse Doherty

To inform TDs and Senators about the challenges currently facing community and voluntary organisations working in a range of different areas, and how these challenges can be best addressed.

To highlight challenges facing the community and voluntary sector and make recommendations for Budget 2027.

To promote support within government and Parliament for provision of enhanced support for charities, social enterprises and community & voluntary organisations in context of roll out of the Programme for Government and subsequent government decisions

To raise awareness about the issues impacting the community and voluntary sector, including sustainable funding for organisations who provide services on behalf of the State.

Candidate Richie Molloy put forward for administrative panel

To be given more time, and for the project to go ahead. This appears to have been successful and we have been granted more time, and the project will go ahead. For the grant to be approved to upgrade existing pathways.

To recommend how the Budget can best empower charities, community organisations, and social enterprises. To inform ministers, government departments and TDs about urgent issues facing the sector, and to create the conditions for a just and fair society to flourish.

Acceleration of philanthropy policy and resourcing measures to advance the enabling environment for the growth of philanthropy in Ireland.

Highlight Rethink Ireland's impact to date, and highlight synergies and opportunities to engage with the party.

Engagement with political parties to advance the needs and matters of importance of the community, voluntary, and social enterprise sector in Government debate.

Continuation/expansion of services for those experiencing homelessness, addiction and mental ill health put in place during the pandemic, as well as an extension of genderbased services and increases in budget funding

Cross-party support during the public consultation process for the Draft National Philanthropy Policy. ::Support for budgetary measures to advance the finalization and implementation of the National Philanthropy Policy.

To promote support within government for provision of enhanced policy supports and related funding for charities

To raise awareness of the work of the community and voluntary sector, current challenges facing it, and the solutions needed.

Continuation or expansion of services for those experiencing homelessness or addiction put in place during the pandemic lockdown period, as well as extensin of gender-based services and increases in Budget funding