Annual Conference 2004
"Families, children and social policy"
Thursday 16th and Friday 17th September, 2004
Croke Park, Dublin
Keynote Speaker: Fiona Williams
Fiona Williams was Professor of Social Policy in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds, and Director of the ESRC Research Group on Care, Values and the Future of Welfare, a five-year research programme investigating the implications in changes in parenting and partnering practices for future social policy (www.leeds.ac.uk/cava). Her most recent publication is Rethinking Families published by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in June 2004. Other publications include work on care and ethics, female migration, and race and gender in the European Union.
Fiona is co-editor of Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society; she is on the national council of the think-tank, Catalyst; and a member of the NFPI National Commission into the Future of the Family and the Well-being of Children, to report in 2004.
16th September
- 1.30 p.m.
Registration and Coffee - 2.00 p.m.
Opening address:
Mr Noel Treacy T.D., Minister for Food
Opening Address - 2.15 p.m.
Welcome and Introduction:
Dr David Getty, Chair of ISPA - 2.30 p.m.
Keynote address:
Professor Fiona Williams, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds/CAVA
Keynote Address
Powerpoint PresentationPlenary Session 1: Perspectives on family policy
Chair: Mr Tony McCashin, Trinity College Dublin
- 3.15 p.m.
Attitudes to the Family in Ireland:
Ms Betty Hilliard, Department of Sociology, UCD - 3.45 p.m.
Coffee Break - 4.15 p.m.
The Family in Ireland - Trends and Perspectives:
Dr. Tony Fahey, Economic and Social Research Institute
PowerPoint Presentation - 5.00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Drinks reception and dinner
Friday 17th September
- 9.00 a.m.
Registration and CoffeePlenary Session 2
Cross-cutting issues in family policyChair: Professor Gabriel Kiely, University College Dublin
- 9.30 a.m.
Families, Children and Access to Health Care:
Ms Maev-Ann Wren, Irish Times - 10.00 a.m.
Families, Children and the Labour Market:
Evelyn Mahon, University College Dublin
PowerPoint Presentation - 10.30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Parallel Sessions
11.30 a.m.
Parallel Session 1: Families on the margin
- Anne Bowen, One Family Policy
Meeting the needs of asylum seeking and refugee one-parent families
Conference Address
PowerPoint Presentation - Brian Nolan, ESRI
Sharing Household Resources
PowerPoint Presentation
Parallel Session 2: Families and children
- Pierre Klein, ATD Fourth World
Valuing Children, Valuing Parents
Conference Address - Simon Brooke
Housing Problems and Irish Children
PowerPoint Presentation - Eithne Fitzgerald, NDA
The financial situation of families where a child has a disability or long-term illness
PowerPoint Presentation
Conference Address
Parallel Session 3: Policy structures and supports
- Liam Delaney, TCD
Willingness to Pay for State Transfers in Ireland
PowerPoint Presentation - Colm ODoherty, IT Tralee
Progressing a Family Support / Promotion of Welfare Agenda in the 21st Century
PowerPoint Presentation - Gemma Carney, TCD
Gender and Childcare: Creating a space for women and children in Irish policy-making
Conference Address
Parallel Session 4: Families and the health system
- Anne Matthews, DCU
Families, midwives and social policy
PowerPoint Presentation - Imelda Coyne, DCU
Disrupted Lives: Finding a balance in the childrens ward
PowerPoint Presentation - Mel Duffy, DCU
The experiences of lesbian women of Irish healthcare
PowerPoint Presentation
Lunch
Plenary Session 3
The family: Future challenges
- 2.30 p.m.
The impact of family form on well-being:
Kieran McKeown
PowerPoint Presentation - 3.15 p.m.
Immigration and family policy: The Challenge of Integration
Ms Denise Charlton, Immigrant Council of Ireland
PowerPoint Presentation - 4.00 p.m.
Panel Discussion