Tag Archives: Focus Ireland

Focus Ireland update on Ireland’s homeless

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Dear Machholz, We wrote to you last year about the crazy situation where dozens of young people who have experienced homelessness are trapped in emergency homeless accommodation because their income is too low for them to afford to move on … Continue reading →

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Focus Ireland’s aftercare services and campaign.

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

Dear Machholz, I am writing to bring you some good news about progress in our campaign to win a legal right to aftercare for young people who grew up in state care. Your support for this campaign has been important … Continue reading →

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Focus Ireland up-date

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Dear Machholz, We have good news, and Focus Ireland supporters played a part in achieving it. The Government has just appointed a new Minister for Housing, who will have a seat at the Cabinet table and whose first message is … Continue reading →

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Focus Ireland up-date

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

  Dear Machholz, I am writing to you to bring you up to date with a few Focus Ireland campaigns which may interest you. Aftercare One of our longest running campaigns has concerned ensuring that young people who are in … Continue reading →

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Focus Ireland

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

Dear Machholz, I want to bring you up to date with our campaign to ensure that children who are in state care have a legal right to aftercare when they reach 18 years of age. You will remember that we were … Continue reading →

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Focus Ireland update

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Dear Machholz, Your work over the last few months has paid off – the new Programme for Government includes a range of commitments on ending homelessness, just as we so strongly demanded. The overall statement we were seeking is there … Continue reading →

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Update on Aftercare campaign

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Dear Machholz, We have had a great response to the last stage of our Aftercare campaign with over 500 new supporters sending over 2,500 e-mails to their TDs/Senators during the week in which the Dáil voted on the amendment. This … Continue reading →

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Andrew Doyle on the Child Care Amendment Bill

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

Reply From Andrew Doyle to me show details 12:02 PM  A Chara, Thank you for your correspondence on the Child Care Amendment Bill. This issue is at last receiving a lot of attention of late and the passage of this … Continue reading →

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legal right to Aftercare

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

Dear Machholz, We have had a fantastic response to our campaign to give young people leaving care a legal right to Aftercare – with almost 2,500 e-mails to TDs and Senators send since we relaunched just 10 days ago. Minister … Continue reading →

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Mike Allen from Focus Ireland gives us an update on Child Care

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

Dear Machholz, The final reading of the Child Care Act this Wednesday (12th January) will be the last opportunity in this Dáil to give young people leaving care at 18 a legal right to continued aftercare if they need it. … Continue reading →

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