fiannafact
@fiannafact
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Irish. Engineer. Researcher & Civic Cartographer.
Ireland
Joined May 2017
We need to completely restore the spirit of community across Ireland. What was done to our natural inclination to be cooperative towards each other, under the Local Government Reform Act of 2014 was so insidious. The most sickening part of all of this isn’t the immigration , or
Something I always think about. If your town/suburb/city were allowed to have actual community meetings without penalty or state-funded harassment. If you could freely get to know like-minded people and discuss the issues that matter to you, it would rapidly become a threat to
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The charity Dublin Welfare Society CLG operates under SEVEN different trading names: Discover Islam Ireland, Muslim Sisters of Éire, Dublin Muslim Centre, Clondalkin Mosque, Peace Mission Ireland, Tawheed Centre Waterford, and Dublin Welfare Society.
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A country with two genders, one ethnicity, and a couple of belief systems requires orders of magnitude less social work to manage its interrnal problems than one with over 190 ethnicities, 52 genders, and 20 religions.
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The huge rise in staff and wage demands at Tusla is more a sign that Ireland’s social fabric is coming apart at the seams, and less a sign of social workers cynically milking the system on purpose. In my view, it’s the prevailing ideologies held by the average social worker that
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Tusla’s workforce up 48% since 2016 — children in care down 7%.
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In 2024, Tusla directed €214 million to 604 NGOs and non-profits (not counting private company payments). 👇 Breakdown: • €147.6 m – Section 56 (451 orgs): Tusla’s legal framework for NGO service delivery • €36.3 m – Schools Completion Programme • €24.9 m – Family
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Half of Tusla’s workforce now earns over €60k. In 2016 it was just 1 in 5.
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Here you go - 2023 by subsector. (still a few to categorise.. null )
@fiannafact Could you take one of those areas and break it down by organisations involved? For instance, social services?
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Ireland’s NGO landscape isn’t just a collection of independent charities; it’s a web of clusters and umbrella bodies that move together through shared funding, campaigns, and consultations. Key examples include: Coalition 2030 — 70 NGOs promoting the UN Sustainable Development
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Mentions of the word “Transgender” in Oireachtas Transcripts by Party (2004 – Present)
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How Ireland’s non-profit and NGO sector really breaks down. (Based on my research — excludes smaller informal groups like residents’ associations or GAA clubs and larger entities like Hospitals, Universities etc. This is the core )
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