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		<title>Community Employment Programme breaking news 6 February 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, has circulated a letter issued by Department Assistant Secretary, Oliver Egan, which refers to the review of financial resources of individual CE schemes now underway. With reference to the significant funding cut applied in the December budget the letter states &#8220;The baseline amount of grant remains the €500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Employment programme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A high level delegation from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions led by David Begg, met with Minister Joan Burton on 17 January to address the serious crisis in the Community Employment Programme arising from the severe funding cuts in the December budget. The CE programme involves over 22,000 part time workers and 1700 full [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/community-employment-programme/</link>
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		<title>Community Development- the seven deadly sins of the cutbacks…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over a four-year period from 2008 and 2011 the effects of the cutbacks for community oranisations in successive budgets have been cumulative and severe.We've put together the seven deadly sins of community cutbacks.]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/community-development-the-seven-deadly-sins-of-the-cutbacks%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<title>TUS- a ‘yellow-pack’ Community Employment?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government seems intent on replacing the Community Employment programme with TUS, which has no training element and seems to be a 'yellow-pack' version of CE.]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/tus-a-%e2%80%98yellow-pack%e2%80%99-community-employment/</link>
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		<title>Youth services take big hit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Budget cuts announced by Brendan Howlin in the recent budget  include a further significant reduction in funding for local youth services. City of Dublin, Youth Services Board has informed their fifty four projects across the city that funding cuts of 10 to 15 per cent will be necessary for 2012. This is the third year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/youth-services-take-big-hit/</link>
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		<title>So, where&#8217;s the evidence?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have the seemingly endless reviews and administrative merging process for community development and local development programmes actually produced any efficiencies or improvements of service?]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/so-wheres-the-evidence/</link>
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		<title>TUS programme under scrutiny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recently established ICTU Community Sector Committee has decided to examine the operation of the TUS programme which was introduced by the previous Fianna Fail Government. This programme, which is being managed by the Local Development Companies, has generated controversy in a number of locations where it is seen as undermining the Community Employment (CE) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/tus-programme-under-scrutiny/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Unprecedented action&#8217; possible in next budget says Minister Hogan</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Unprecedented action' may be necessary in the budget in relation to the Local and Community Development Programme according to Minister Phil Hogan]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/unprecedented-action-possible-in-next-budget-says-minister-hogan/</link>
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		<title>Community Work &#8216;not possible&#8217; within LCDP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report from the Community Workers Co-operative has concluded that Community Work is 'not possible' within the new Local and Community Development Programme]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/community-work-not-possible-within-lcdp/</link>
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		<title>Big Phil says&#8230;.nothing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Minister for Environment,Community and Local Government disappointed attendees at the annual conference of the WHEEL by saying nothing of note in his keynote address despite expectations that he would spell out a clear role for the community and voluntary sector.]]></description>
		<link>http://tosach.ie/s/blog/big-phil-says-nothing/</link>
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