Intent: Key Challenges being addressed in Budget 2026
Details: Construction specific funding model for AHBs.A cost recovery model to address legacy issues with CAS/CLSS units.Funding of communal facilities and staffing for large schemes.Expanding access to Cost Rental Homes.CREL funding model should have in-built flexibility.Funding for deep retroftting of S an, ...
Intent: Seeking their support in our ask to have the Back to School allowance made available to all Foster Carers and not to be means tested. We attached the letter we sent to Minister Foley also.
Details: Communication to Full Committee on Children, Disability and Equality
Intent: Direct public funds to programs which will end homelessness
Details: Government's Budget 2026 - Dept of Children Equality Disability Integration and Youth
Intent: The email aimed to express Fergal Landy's personal concerns about the potential negative impact of Tusla's restructuring on prevention work. Its objective was to advocate for the continued support and preservation of the Prevention, Partnership, and Family Support programme.
Details: The FRCNF CEO Fergal Landy emailed Lara Hynes, Assistant Secretary of Child Policy and Tusla Governance, on 11th April in relation to Tusla Restructure reform programme outlining his view on the importance of maintaining the prevention, partnership and family support pillar of work within Tusla.
Intent: Enhance funding for organisations who are funded by Tusla but currently subsidising services through their own voluntary funds
Details: Funding for voluntary sector organisations working with children and families in the area of family support
Intent: To influence the government budget and improve policies to reduce homelessness
Details: Pre-budget submission to Government
Intent: ICP wrote to Minister Foley to request her to approve the use of state-aided school funding to avail of the services of psychotherapists in private practice according to each school’s unique context, culture, and environment. ICP urges Minister Foley to reconsider this position & to put in place a trialling of psychotherapy services purchased by grant-aid into a set of post-primary schools, with a review of its effectiveness to be carried out following a year of implementation.
Details: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Principals - Minister Foley Announces Funding for Wellbeing and Mental Health Supports in Post-Primary Schools https://tinyurl.com/2s4faybj
Intent: Immediately update the criteria to include all ICP registrants in the list of accredited bodies acceptable to apply to join the programme. NEPS to train specialist ICP therapists (& other bodies) as opposed to generalist Education Wellbeing / Mental Health Practitioners. Include art & play therapists in the application process. Recognition of the professional standards in training, ethics, adherence to codes of ethics, & rigour in accreditation processes in the other 9 bodies under ICP umbrella.
Details: Department of Education Pilot Programme of Counselling and Wellbeing / Mental Health Supports in Primary Schools 2023-2024 https://tinyurl.com/z7uzux46
Intent: Improve supports for families facing adversity
Details: Children living in disadvantage
Intent: Inform the development of the new child poverty unit::Early Years Programme for Disadvantaged Children::Increase in the QCI rates for children::Extension of the fuel allowance::Measures to address food poverty - school meals and holiday hunger programme::Change in medical card thresholds to address child poverty
Details: Child Poverty
