Tackling Climate Change for a Sustainable Future
Thursday 12th April 2018, Carmelite Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Speakers:
Prof John Fitzgerald – Chairman of the Climate Change Advisory Council
Dr Vivienne Byers - Senior Lecturer of Health Policy & Management, DIT.
Dr. Alan Gilmer - Lecturer, Environmental Sustainability & Health Institute, DIT.
Ireland is one of the few EU countries that has failed to meet its commitment to reduce emissions by 20% by 2020. The Climate Change Advisory Council, under the Chairmanship of Prof John Fitzgerald, reported to the Citizens’ Assembly in November 2017 and advised that Ireland needs to take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet the 2030 targets. The Advisory Council made a number of recommendations in order to achieve these targets, which will be presented at this seminar.
Behavioural change is key to achieving Ireland’s climate change targets. The role of public and social policy in initiating these changes however, remains unclear. The seminar will examine the rapidly growing body of research on sustainable consumption behaviour to inform a discussion on the approaches available to Government to implement the Advisory Council recommendations.
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UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice
With
The Irish Social Policy Association and
Dept. of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Speaker: PETER TAYLOR-GOOBY
Professor of Social Policy, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research University of Kent, UK
‘Neo-liberalism and the New Welfare State: UK popular attitudes in comparative context’
Discussant: Dr Rory O’Donnell, Director, National Economic & Social Council
Chair: Terry Corcoran, Principal Officer, Dept. Employment Affairs & Social Protection
Thursday April 26th 2018, Oak Room, Mansion House
Peter Taylor-Gooby’s main interests are in current developments in the welfare state: the cuts and welfare state restructuring, the social divisions associated with inequality and the struggles over multiculturalism. In addition to having published
23 books, 120 articles and 95 chapters he has held a number of key positions including Chair of the British Academy New Paradigms in Public Policy Programme (2010/2011). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Founding Academician at the Academy of Social Sciences. On the policy side, he participated in the Prime Minister’s No 10 ‘progressive consensus’ Round Table and advised the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit between 2009 and 2010. 
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Making Work Pay for People with Disabilities
Presented by the Irish Disability Studies Association (IDSA) and Irish Social Policy Association (ISPA)
Thursday 23rd November 2017, at the Carmelite Community Centre, Aungier Street
Speakers: Frances Ruane and Eithne Fitzgerald
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Frances Ruane: Chair of the interdepartmental expert group responsible for the report) and Research Affiliate at the ESRI. Frances previously served as Director of the ESRI.
Eithne Fitzgerald: Formerly Head of Policy and Research at the National Disability Authority, was one of three independent experts who contributed to the production of the report.
The event was hosted by the Irish Social Policy Association and the Irish Disability Studies Association. Both Frances and Eithne made presentations, which can be accessed by clicking on their names, above, and there were questions and debate from the floor.
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Exploring the establishment of a statutory homecare scheme in Ireland
Presented by the Irish Gerontological Society (IGS) and Irish Social Policy Association (ISPA)
When: Friday, 26th May 2017, from 9.00 am
Where: Education Centre, Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services, Harold's Cross, Dublin 6W
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The Irish Gerontological Society, in collaboration with the Irish Social Policy Association, was delighted to present an interdisciplinary symposium on reform in the provision of homecare in Ireland; specifically the development of an Irish statutory homecare scheme.
Key experts discussed aspects of such a statutory homecare scheme from a number of perspectives including clinical, economic and policy. This multi-dimensional exploration of the future of homecare in Ireland will situated attendees firmly in the policy making process, offering a unique opportunity to make an informed input during the consultative process of the scheme.
Speakers included: Brendan Courtney (RTE presenter), Elaine O Connor (Connolly Hospital & Irish Gerontological Society), Justin Moran (Age Action), Virginia Pye (Public Health Nursing, HSE), Maeve O'Brien (Department of Health), Dr. Rachel Kiersey (Health Research Board), Dr Catriona Murphy (Dublin City University/TILDA), Prof. Desmond O’Neill (Consultant Geriatrician, Tallaght Hospital), Padraic Fleming (SPHeRE/NUI Maynooth), Prof Eamon O'Shea (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology), Dr Siobhan Kennelly (National Clinical Care Programme for Older People) and Michael Fitzgerald (HSE Services for Older People)
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