Lobbying Details for the immigrant council of Ireland |
https://www.lobbying.ie/organisation/272/immigrant-council-of-ireland?currentPage=7&pageSize=20&queryText=&subjectMatters=&subjectMatterAreas=&publicBodys=&jobTitles=&returnDateFrom=&returnDateTo=&period=&dpo=&client=&responsible=&lobbyist=&lobbyistId=272

You can see how this shower are directly lobbying O Gorman multiple times a year on multiple issues from hate speech to using AI. They are advising the council's also.

The councillors have no power. The entire shitshow is the department of integration, the immigrant council of Ireland and the unelected directors of services in each council. Oh and we are paying for it with our taxes.

Can 👏 Our 👏 Side 👏 Please👏 Stop 👏 Fucking 👏 Repeating 👏 This 👏 Black Pilled 👏 Learned👏 Helplessness 👏 Bullshit 👏 It's at most 30 NGOs who have any real lobbying power / influence in public policy on immigration and hatespeech etc

Here is a not-for-profit organization that's well worth investigating: The Community Ireland Foundation. It engages in social impact investing + contracting activities funded by anonymous philanthropic donations. Its donations quadrupled from 7 to 28 million euros during covid and it''s hovered around that since. In 2022 50% of the Immigration Council of Ireland's funding came from this organisation.

Social Outcomes Contracting, also known as Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) or Pay-for-Success contracts, is a relatively new financial mechanism that aims to address social and environmental challenges by leveraging private capital to fund and deliver social programs or services. The concept typically involves the following key components:

Government Initiator: A government entity, often at the local or national level, identifies a social issue or problem that requires intervention, such as reducing homelessness, improving educational outcomes, or reducing recidivism in the criminal justice system.

Service Providers: Nonprofit organizations or social service providers are selected to deliver the social program or service aimed at addressing the identified problem.

Private Investors: Private investors, which can include individuals, philanthropic organizations, or impact investors, provide upfront capital to fund the program's implementation.

Performance Metrics: Specific and measurable outcomes are defined, and the success of the program is evaluated based on predetermined performance metrics. These metrics often include improvements in social indicators, such as reduced hospital admissions, increased employment rates, or improved educational attainment.

Payment Structure: If the program achieves the agreed-upon outcomes within a specified timeframe, the government repays the investors their initial capital plus a return on investment (ROI) or interest. The ROI is typically contingent on the level of success achieved. If the program falls short of its goals, investors may receive a reduced return or no return at all.

What annoys me about this "scoop" from the Daily Mail is that the list has been available to the public for five months now. Perhaps it's the fact that it's in print and accessible to the average person that makes it significant. If they were savvy enough to conduct real journalism and reverse-search the addresses and structures of these companies, they would discover that (in one example) six of these companies are under the same parent company. Moreover, in other cases lots of these other companies share the same addresses and directors. The report is five months late and only scratches the surface in its "analysis."

TLDR: Two separate conglomerates are each pulling in over 90 million a year from this. One has ties to Blackrock and Vanguard, and another is linked to one of our great cultural institutions.

Feeling overwhelmed by the 33,000 NGOs and the 6 billion figure, and unsure how to take action in your area? Focus on your Local Development Companies, especially their SICAP activities . This is where the Department of Children hands over control to the local gravy train gombeens after "planting".. Although they may seem like government entities, they are non-profits delivering social services using EU and governmental funds – think of Meals on Wheels, Rural Grants & Employment Support Services etcs . Start investigating how many SICAP staff members your Local Development Company has. The number might surprise you and will give you a good indication of the size of the problem in your area . Even better, delve deep into LDC finances because they are full of fuckery. If they're not public, start demanding transparency. Hint hint Sligo. https://www.pobal.ie/programmes/social-inclusion-and-community-activation-programme-sicap-2018-2022/

Why haven't the Electoral Commission made a public statement or even a tweet on the fact that lots of people have been removed from the register due to "technical problems"? We really need to have a close eye on them. https://www.electoralcommission.ie/who-we-are/members-of-the-commission/