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Yesterday, National Women’s Council told us “they are a members based organisation” and “they get their mandate from their members” But its members are not ordinary women. They are 200+ NGOs receiving €345million* from Govt:
Yesterday, National Women’s Council told us “they are a members based organisation” and “they get their mandate from their members” But its members are not ordinary women. They are 200+ NGOs receiving €345million* from Govt: ActionAid Ireland €𝟭,𝟭𝟵𝟵,𝟮𝟬𝟵 Age Action €𝟭,𝟯𝟳𝟱,𝟵𝟳𝟬 AkiDwA (Akina Dada Wa Africa) €𝟲𝟯𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 Alcohol Action Ireland €𝟮𝟴𝟳,𝟴𝟰𝟵 Amal Women Ireland €𝟲𝟯,𝟲𝟵𝟱 (Cuan funding only) Amber €𝟵𝟲𝟭,𝟬𝟴𝟲 Amdalah Africa Foundation AMDAF €𝟱𝟭,𝟲𝟯𝟬 (period ending 4 January 2025) An Cosán €𝟯,𝟬𝟵𝟬,𝟮𝟮𝟬 Aoibhneas Domestic Abuse Support €𝟭,𝟴𝟯𝟬,𝟯𝟲𝟭 AONTAS €𝟭,𝟴𝟵𝟱,𝟵𝟮𝟭 Ascend Domestic Abuse Centre €𝟰𝟮𝟵,𝟰𝟬𝟯 (Cuan funding only) Barnardos €𝟮𝟮,𝟱𝟱𝟵,𝟬𝟬𝟬 Belong To €𝟴𝟳𝟬,𝟭𝟮𝟴 Bodywhys €𝟱𝟱𝟴,𝟮𝟬𝟵 Bray Women’s Refuge €𝟵𝟬𝟵,𝟬𝟰𝟰 Cáirde €𝟮,𝟯𝟰𝟮,𝟯𝟬𝟰 Childminding Ireland €𝟯𝟰𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 CKU Centre for Counselling and Therapy €𝟭𝟲𝟭,𝟱𝟰𝟱 Community Law and Mediation €𝟰𝟯𝟵,𝟮𝟵𝟯 Community Work Ireland €𝟯𝟮𝟯,𝟵𝟯𝟭 Coolock Development Council €𝟭,𝟭𝟰𝟭,𝟰𝟯𝟯 COPE Galway Domestic Abuse Service €𝟮,𝟬𝟵𝟰,𝟯𝟬𝟵 (Cuan funding only) Cork City Childcare Committee €𝟳𝟮𝟴,𝟳𝟵𝟰 Cork Sexual Violence Centre €𝟱𝟳𝟵,𝟴𝟳𝟰 Cultúr Migrants Centre €𝟱𝟰𝟭,𝟴𝟳𝟵 Derry Women’s Centre £𝟮𝟯𝟮,𝟲𝟲𝟬 Disability Action NI £𝟮,𝟲𝟰𝟲,𝟯𝟱𝟰 Domestic Violence Advocacy €𝟳𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟱 (Cuan funding Donegal Intercultural Platform €𝟮𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 Donegal Travellers Project €𝟭,𝟭𝟲𝟬,𝟳𝟯𝟬 Donegal Women’s Centre €𝟲𝟬𝟰,𝟱𝟴𝟴 Doras Buí €𝟭,𝟯𝟳𝟵,𝟮𝟴𝟵 Dublin Rape Crisis Centre €𝟯,𝟰𝟱𝟵,𝟲𝟲𝟴 Dublin Wellwoman Centre €𝟮,𝟰𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟴𝟯 DVR Domestic Violence Response €𝟮𝟵𝟯,𝟴𝟮𝟵 Early Childhood Ireland €𝟭,𝟲𝟯𝟵,𝟯𝟱𝟳 Empower €𝟲,𝟭𝟴𝟳,𝟬𝟳𝟮 Exchange House €𝟮,𝟮𝟲𝟴,𝟰𝟭𝟰 Féileacáin €𝟮𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 (Central Bank funding) FIT Fastrack into IT €𝟮,𝟲𝟳𝟬,𝟮𝟭𝟳 Friends of the Earth Ireland €𝟭𝟱𝟬,𝟳𝟯𝟮 Galway Traveller Movement €𝟮,𝟭𝟭𝟳,𝟳𝟯𝟭 Haven Horizons €𝟮𝟴,𝟯𝟯𝟵 Immigrant Council of Ireland €𝟲𝟳𝟰,𝟯𝟴𝟱 INAR Irish Network Against Racism €𝟭𝟮𝟴,𝟮𝟯𝟵 Inchicore Family Resource Centre / St Michael’s Estate Family Resource Centre €𝟭𝟱𝟱,𝟴𝟵𝟭 (Cuan-funded) Inclusion Ireland €𝟵𝟳𝟵,𝟲𝟬𝟲 Independent Living Movement Ireland €𝟱𝟰𝟯,𝟬𝟱𝟭 Irish Cancer Society €𝟭,𝟴𝟱𝟲,𝟬𝟬𝟬 Irish Council for International Students €𝟴,𝟯𝟵𝟯,𝟳𝟭𝟮 (includes scholarship administration) Irish Cycling Campaign €𝟭𝟭𝟬,𝟴𝟯𝟴 Irish Girl Guides €𝟱𝟳𝟭,𝟭𝟮𝟭 Irish Heart Foundation €𝟭,𝟬𝟮𝟯,𝟭𝟵𝟱 Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed €𝟭,𝟭𝟳𝟬,𝟬𝟲𝟴 Irish Penal Reform Trust €𝟮𝟱𝟴,𝟭𝟴𝟬 Irish Refugee Council €𝟯𝟯𝟴,𝟯𝟭𝟱 Irish Traveller Movement €𝟭,𝟬𝟯𝟭,𝟴𝟮𝟮 Laois Domestic Abuse Services €𝟲𝟬𝟰,𝟲𝟭𝟲 LGBT Ireland €𝟰𝟬𝟮,𝟰𝟯𝟲 LIFELINE Inishowen €𝟳𝟰,𝟯𝟱𝟴 Limerick Family Planning Clinic €𝟰𝟬𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 Longford Community Resources Roma & New Communities CDP €𝟭𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 (annual programme allocation; year unspecified) Longford Women’s Link €𝟮,𝟭𝟬𝟯,𝟱𝟱𝟱 Love & Care for People €𝟭𝟳𝟰,𝟲𝟮𝟰 (2025) Marie Keating Foundation €𝟭𝟲𝟯,𝟰𝟯𝟬 Mayo Rape Crisis Centre €𝟮𝟵𝟴,𝟱𝟭𝟯 Men’s Development Network €𝟭,𝟴𝟭𝟰,𝟱𝟯𝟲 Mental Health Reform €𝟱𝟯𝟮,𝟳𝟱𝟲 Merchants Quay Ireland €𝟴,𝟮𝟯𝟲,𝟲𝟲𝟰 Mercy Law Resource Centre €𝟭𝟰𝟳,𝟭𝟯𝟱 Migrant Rights Centre Ireland €𝟱𝟲𝟬,𝟴𝟳𝟭 (2025; includes EU funding) Migrants Centre NI £𝟵𝟭,𝟳𝟭𝟬 (year ended March 2025; partial public funding, Northern Ireland) MOVE Ireland €𝟵𝟯𝟮,𝟴𝟮𝟰 National Adult Literacy Agency €𝟮,𝟰𝟱𝟯,𝟴𝟱𝟭 National Traveller Women’s Forum €𝟯𝟯𝟱,𝟳𝟳𝟴 North Leitrim Women’s Centre €𝟯𝟲,𝟲𝟯𝟬 One Family €𝟭,𝟱𝟰𝟰,𝟰𝟵𝟲 OSS Cork €𝟮𝟴𝟱,𝟱𝟲𝟯 (Cuan funding only) Outcomers €𝟮𝟱𝟲,𝟵𝟴𝟲 (2025) Oxfam Ireland €𝟲,𝟵𝟳𝟯,𝟬𝟬𝟬 (year ended March 2025; Republic of Ireland reporting entity) Pavee Point €𝟯,𝟮𝟯𝟵,𝟬𝟴𝟰 Performing Arts Forum €𝟮𝟳𝟬,𝟵𝟬𝟬 Relatives for Justice £𝟭,𝟱𝟲𝟳,𝟵𝟵𝟮 Roscommon Women’s Network €𝟮𝟴𝟲,𝟯𝟮𝟴 Ruhama €𝟭,𝟵𝟭𝟴,𝟯𝟮𝟲 Safe Ireland €𝟭,𝟰𝟮𝟲,𝟱𝟵𝟰 Saoirse Domestic Violence Services €𝟮,𝟵𝟲𝟭,𝟱𝟮𝟲 Saol Project €𝟭,𝟭𝟭𝟳,𝟮𝟴𝟰 Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality €𝟯𝟴𝟵,𝟭𝟲𝟵 Sonas Domestic Violence Charity €𝟯,𝟬𝟵𝟮,𝟮𝟴𝟭 Spunout €𝟯,𝟮𝟮𝟳,𝟳𝟱𝟰 St Catherine Community Carlow €𝟮,𝟬𝟭𝟱,𝟱𝟭𝟰 Technological University of the Shannon: €𝟭𝟴𝟲,𝟭𝟭𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 (whole-university public income) TENI Transgender Equality Network Ireland €𝟮𝟯𝟱,𝟭𝟳𝟲 (includes €𝟰,𝟳𝟵𝟬 from the European Commission) The Shona Project €𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 The Unforgettable Women’s Network €𝟲𝟱𝟬 (2021; historical figure) Tintean €𝟲𝟳𝟲,𝟰𝟭𝟬 Treoir €𝟴𝟳𝟲,𝟮𝟯𝟵 WALK €𝟭𝟮,𝟭𝟭𝟯,𝟳𝟴𝟬 West Clare Family Resource Centre €𝟰𝟯𝟲,𝟬𝟴𝟭 West Cork Counselling and Support Services €𝟭𝟰𝟵,𝟬𝟴𝟳 Wexford Women’s Refuge €𝟭,𝟲𝟮𝟮,𝟬𝟲𝟭 Willow Domestic Abuse Services €𝟭,𝟲𝟵𝟴,𝟲𝟮𝟬 Women for Election €𝟭𝟵𝟮,𝟮𝟬𝟭 Women’s Aid €𝟭,𝟲𝟵𝟳,𝟰𝟬𝟭 Women’s Collective Ireland €𝟮,𝟮𝟮𝟲,𝟯𝟵𝟳 Work Equal €𝟭𝟴𝟭,𝟳𝟬𝟬 *the above is a list of 107 organisations receiving at a combined €345million in 2024. *Technological University of the Shannon is included here which receives €𝟭𝟴𝟲,𝟭𝟭𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 as it whole university public income. *there are an additional ~100 entities that may also receive Govt funding but its unclear from accounts. The point I am making here is that the NWC is an essentially an aggregator of hundreds or NGOs & Govt funded organisations. It does not represent normal Irish women who have no involvement in these orgs. Great questioning from
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Nick Delehanty 
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The National Women’s Council re
*the above is a list of 107 organisations receiving at a combined €345million in 2024. *Technological University of the Shannon is included here which receives €𝟭𝟴𝟲,𝟭𝟭𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 as it whole university public income. *there are an additional ~100 entities that may also receive Govt funding but its unclear from accounts. The point I am making here is that the NWC is an essentially an aggregator of hundreds or NGOs & Govt funded organisations. It does not represent normal Irish women who have no involvement in these orgs. Great questioning from
below:
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Nick Delehanty
@Nick_Delehanty
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11h
The National Women’s Council re
