Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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Personal Assistance Tables

ENIL – European Network on Independent Living is in the process of carrying out a European survey on personal assistance. The goal of the survey is to gain detailed information on the situation of personal assistance services in as many of the EU member states as possible and also to have a proposal for model legislation for personal assistance as per Independent Living (IL) ideology. The proposal will be to help members lobby in those countries that still have not enacted legal frameworks.

Several variables are comprised within the survey. Which countries have legislation and which countries have a proposal for legislation on personal assistance in the pipeline? Those countries with existing legislation; is it part of the social service legislation or is there other rights based legislation for personal assistance such as in Sweden? From which level of government does the funding for services come? What assessment tools are being used to decide on the amount of assistance to be acquired, and what is the time span for reassessment? Which groups of impairment are covered by the legislation? What is the age limitation for legislation?

The European Commission's online tool for disability through the Academic Network of European Disability Experts – ANED's website was used to find the information on the existing legislation for the ENIL survey. The website has the following address www.disability-europe.net and then you click on DOTCOM at the top of the page for the database. The ENIL network is then being used to find experts in the different countries for the specific details of the legislation and legal situations in each of the different countries. Results so far show that countries do have a variety of different kinds of legislation covering personal assistance including: Social Services Acts, Social Benefits Acts, Community Care Acts and Direct Payments Acts. Sweden has the only rights based legislation, with IL members from Norway lobbying for the same since 2000 when personal assistance was covered in the Norwegian Social Services Act. There is national legislation in Sweden, Norway, the UK and in France but also local acts for example in Sofia, Bulgaria. Iceland and Slovenia have legislation in the pipeline for the respective years of 2014 and 2013. Members from Estonia who were expecting legislation report that it has been put on ice. Some countries without legislation are for example Cyprus and Poland.

Please click the following links to view the Personal Assistance Tables from each country

Rose

NEWS

Rose launches 'Breakdown Barriers' project

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Rose launches 'Breakdown Barriers' project thumbnail Antrim Rose Jean Daly (left), who has launched the 'Breakdown Barriers' project and Barbara Logan, an Asda Community Champion. SE4417

ANTRIM'S Rose of Tralee is encouraging primary school students across Ballyclare to get involved in a new project centred around the obstacles facing disabled people.
The Breakdown Barriers project is an exciting new initiative inviting primary school students to draw a picture, write a poem or a short story on the theme 'Breakdown Barrier: Celebrate Ability".
The scheme centres around the United Nations International Day of People with Disabilities on Tuesday, December 3. Students are asked to imagine the society they would like to see in the future, a society without barriers and which includes everyone. All pieces of work will be displayed in selected Asda stores throughout Northern Ireland. The project coordinator is Jean Daly, the 2013 Antrim Rose and the very first 'Rose' to have a physical disability. The local wheelchair basketball and tennis player used a wheelchair as a result of a spinal injury following a horse riding accident at 17.
She said: "The very reason I put myself forward for the Antrim Rose was to 'break down' perceptions and even challenge attitudes about disability."
Jean works for The Cedar Foundation and has also selected the organisation to be her Charity of the Year as she believes their work is so important to enable disabled people to engage in society. The Cedar Foundation prides itself on providing exceptional services that support children and adults with disabilities to participant in all aspects of the community throughout Northern Ireland. The Antrim Rose added: "I am so excited that the Breakdown Barriers Project has the potential to start a conversation about disability amongst the younger members of our society. Thinking about removing barriers in such a creative way will change young people attitudes and perceptions towards people with disabilities within the community."
Any schools or individual classes who wish to register for the project must do so by Tuesday, November 12 and the final deadline for submission of any entries is Thursday, November 21. For more information on how to register please go to http://www.cedar-foundation.org/barriers.

Wages

Bosses of 14 charities get salaries over €100k
Shane Phelan – 29 October 2013
AT least 14 of the country's top charity bosses are earning salaries of over €100,000.
Related Articles
Rehab refuses to reveal pay and funding details
Q. So charities are feeling the pinch?
ed from a financial survey of 40 of the country's leading charities by the Irish Independent.
With donations falling and services being cut due to funding constraints, executive salaries remain under the microscope.
The highest-paid executive from the charitable organisations examined by the Irish Independent was Rehab Group's Angela Kerins, whose most recent disclosed salary was €234,000, funded from commercial earnings rather than public funds.
Other well-paid charity bosses were Fionnuala O'Donovan of Enable Ireland on €145,679, a decrease of over €10,000 on last year, and John McCormack of the Irish Cancer Society on €145,000.
But our survey found that in the majority of cases, Irish charity bosses have fared poorly in the pay stakes compared to their counterparts in the UK, many of whom have suffered criticism in recent months over pay hikes. In contrast, only four of the charity bosses surveyed got salary hikes in Ireland and for the most part pay packages either remained static or have fallen in recent years.
Staff in most organisations have also suffered pay cuts, reduced conditions or changes to their pensions.
The largest cut came for Concern boss Dominic McSorley, whose €99,000 is €33,000 less than the figure earned by previous CEO Tom Arnold in 2012.
Cope Foundation chief executive Colette Kelleher took a pay cut of €8,400 this year, bringing her salary down from €130,000 to €121,600.
Amnesty International's Colm O'Gorman took a €9,200 pay cut this year, bringing his salary down to €110,099.
Former junior minister Barry Andrews, who took over as chief executive of GOAL from John O'Shea, came in on a lower salary of €95,000 compared to Mr O'Shea's €98,300 in 2012.
Several charities said they had cut staff pay in recent years.
These included Age Action (5pc across the board), Barrettstown (3-5pc), Bothar (10pc), Concern (5-10pc), the Cope Foundation and Enable Ireland (cuts linked to public sector), Inclusion Ireland (5-10pc), Irish Guidedogs for the Blind (5pc), the ISPCC (5pc), the Marie Keating Foundation (5-10pc), National Council for the Blind (7pc), Oxfam (up to 10pc) and Trocaire (up to 10pc).

Saturday, October 26, 2013

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

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Subject: Center for Independent Living is turning 21 !

Dear Tom,

You have been nominated for the Irish Freedom Driver award – please come an accept your award on the 11^th of November in the Twisted Pepper 54 Middle Abbey Street at 4pm. (we will give you a cheque for €150 on the night to cover your hotel/travel expenses)

Looking forward to seeing you and all the gang will be going !

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086 7744 992

Center for Independent Living is turning 21 !

Join Us for The Irish Freedom Driver Awards Ceremony.

Cake, Coffee, Live Music, Dancing, Cocktails, 80's Disco, Party Food and Gourmet Hotdog Stand!

Venue: The Twisted Pepper 54 Middle Abbey, St. Dublin 1.

Date: 11th November 2013 @ 4pm

Please feel free to distribute to your members, RSVP: info@dublincil.org

(Please do not post the venue time or date on any social media sites this is an invite only private party, thank you.)

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Monday, October 21, 2013

Cyclists

New US-style speed limit specifically for cyclists to be introduced for first time in Ireland

Posted on: October 19th, 2013

Police in Sydney, Australia, regularly conduct operations to clamp down on road traffic infringements by cyclists; speeding being just one. It looks like Ireland is about to get tough and introduce its first cyclist-specific speed limit.

Dublin City Council is set to introduce the first speed limits in Ireland aimed specifically at cyclists.

Similar measures are already in place in other countries, with cyclist speed limits rigidly enforced by police in New York's Central Park and also in Sydney, to name but two locations.

The new Irish limits are to be applied to those using the cycling lane on the promenade on the seafront of Clontarf and Sutton in north Dublin, a popular route for cyclists making their way to the nearby climb of Howth Head.

The new speed limits, which are aimed at getting cyclists to slow down on a stretch of seafront popular with walkers, will likely set a precedent for other parts of the country with bike lanes.

The new move has been confirmed by Dublin City Council's executive engineer Christopher Manzira.

In a report on the matter he said the council's roads and traffic department "will be developing proposals for speed regulation along the Clontarf promenade".

He added the measure would need the approval of the National Transport Authority, which is responsible for ensuring the provision of public transport, regulating public service vehicles such as taxis, and encouraging cycling and walking.

"There are no speed-regulation measures for cyclists in Ireland at the moment," noted Mr Manzira on what would be a groundbreaking new development.

"It is intended the council will need to secure funding for the measures from the National Transport Authority."

The area the speed limit is set for is a long cycle lane of around three miles stretching from the suburb of Fairview just north of the city centre, out through Clontarf and most of Sutton towards Howth Head.

Pedestrians looking to walk along the seafront must cross the cycle lane and then a wide grassy area before they reach the footpath that hugs the coastline.

There are also a number of car parks situated beside rows of shops at different points along the bike lane and even a yard where small boats connected to the local yacht club are left.

It means the area is always busy with pedestrians who, primarily because of bad planning, need to dart across the busy bike lane for a number of reasons.

The lane has become very busy, not just at weekends, because it is a scenic route that leads to Howth Head and takes cyclists off the busy coast road.

It remains unclear how the speed limit would be enforced, a point raised by local councillor Deirdre Heany of Fianna Fail.

"I think it's very difficult to enforce something like that," she said.

"Gardai are very under-resourced at the moment, so who is going to enforce it?

"But I wouldn't be against asking cyclists to slow down. There is an issue there for pedestrian safety. I've seen it and I've experienced it a couple of times. You have to be very careful there."

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Friday, October 18, 2013

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Fw: Halloween & other activities in the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life.

From: Byron, Bernie

Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 5:45 PM

Subject: Halloween & other activities in the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND - COUNTRY LIFE

TURLOUGH PARK, CASTLEBAR, CO. MAYO

PUBLIC PROGRAMME 24 OCTOBER – 09 NOVEMBER 2013

Contents:

* Hallowe'en at the Museum * Christmas Memorabilia * Programme of events

* School programme * Temporary Exhibitions * Museum Shop & Café

* On-line Resources * Other Details

01. HALLOWE'EN AT THE MUSEUM

Come along to the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life this Hallowe'en

Tuesday 29 October: Kidz Museum: Trick or Treat , Make a Beat!

11am-12pm. Junior Activity. Children under 6yrs accompanied by an adult.

12.30-1.30pm. Workshop. Adults & children 7yrs +

An exciting interactive music workshop creating haunting words and raucous rhythms with French Hornist Mary Curran including percussion and chime bar playing for the very young. Booking required.

Wednesday 30 October: 2.00-4pm. Drop-in Workshop. Kidz Museum: Family Hallowe'en Activities Family.

Make your house 'spooktacular' with your own homemade ghoolish decorations with Aoife Ooooow' Tooooole. No booking required, first come, first served.

02. Christmas Memorabilia – HAVE YOU A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MEMORY/OBJECT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT?

Your Christmas Story...Invitation to the public to participate in a display of Christmas memorabilia

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES: FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER:

Do you have an item at home that has a special place in your heart and reminds you of Christmases past? We invite you to email your story (350 words max) and a photo of the item to ouririshheritage@gmail.com by Friday 15 November. These stories will be assessed and those selected will have their objects included in a unique public display in the Museum during December and online. For more information incl. Terms & Conditions visit www.ouririshheritage.org.

03. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

Visit www.ouririshheritage.org to find out about local Irish history & heritage and to contribute photos and stories about your locality.

Thursday 24 October: 3-4pm. Talk. The Conservation of Mesolithic Fish Traps. Adults and children 14yrs+

Join Museum conservator Dr. Karena Morton to find out about the conservation processes involved in the preservation of Mesolithic fish traps made from finely constructed basketry. The traps were discovered in a bog at Clowanstown, Co. Meath. Check out object No. 1 www.100objects.ie . Booking required.

Sunday 27 October: 2.30-4pm. Workshop. Tales from the Bog. Adults and children 7yrs+

How does the bog preserve objects from long ago? How is modern forensic science used to uncover our buried past? Join Brid Colhoun from Ballycroy National Park to learn more. Discover bog finds in the Hair Hurling Balls exhibition. Booking required.

Tuesday 29 October: Kidz Museum: Trick or Treat , Make a Beat!

11am-12pm. Junior Activity. Children under 6yrs accompanied by an adult.

12.30-1.30pm. Workshop. Adults & children 7yrs +

An exciting interactive music workshop creating haunting words and raucous rhythms with French Hornist Mary Curran including percussion and chime bar playing for the very young. Booking required.

Wednesday 30 October: 2.00-4pm. Drop-in Workshop. Kidz Museum: Family Hallowe'en Activities Family.

Make your house 'spooktacular' with your own homemade ghoolish decorations with Aoife Ooooow' Tooooole. No booking required, first come, first served.

Friday 01 November: 11am-1pm. Drop-in Workshop. Knitting Circle: Christmas Socks and Stockings. Adults and children 7yrs+ .

Why not take up the challenge of knitting a pair of woolly socks or a Christmas stocking for the hearth? Join the museum knitters to make your winter woollies. Bring along your knitting or crochet. Beginners welcome.

Thursday 07 November: 2.30-3.30pm. Talk & Demonstration. A Long Thatching Tradition. Family.

Join father and son John and Paul Brereton Co. Kildare, as they demonstrate their thatching skills and talk about how their craft has been passed down through the generations. No booking required.

Saturday 09 November: 11.30am-1pm. Drop-in Activity. Mayo Genealogy Group. If you have an interest in finding out about your family history come along for free practical tips with the Mayo Genealogy Group. New researchers welcome. No booking required.

04. SCHOOLS PROGRAMME

POST-PRIMARY SPECIAL EVENTS

Friday 15 November: 1.30 – 2.30pm. Workshop. The Nano Show.

Ireland has lead the way in many technologies from new inventions in farming and developed many devices to measure the weather. Now we are pioneering Nanotechnology, which allows us to engineer things atom by atom and it will have a major impact on everyone from better drugs to faster computers. Students will be taken on a journey to experience what it is like if we were the size of atoms. Booking required. Relevant to Junior Cycle; Senior Cycle Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

05. TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

HAIR HURLING BALLS: Earliest Artefacts of Our National Game

This exciting new exhibition firmly establishes the antiquity of our national game of Hurling with radio-carbon dated hurling balls from 800 years ago! The hair hurling ball collection of the National Museum of Ireland is displayed with an ancient hurling stick. These hurling balls are of matted cow-hair with a plaited horse-hair covering. This exhibition looks at these bog finds in relation to where in the country they were discovered, how they were made and the scientific analysis undertaken by the Museum. This revealed so much more than the naked eye could see... The exhibition runs until May 2014.

Other exhibitions include:

· 100 OBJECTS MUSEUM TRAIL

In a partnership between the National Museum of Ireland (NMI), the Irish Times and the Royal Irish Academy, 100 objects have been chosen by journalist Fintan O'Toole to take us through the history of people in Ireland over 7,000 years. 4 of these objects can be seen in the NMI-Country Life, Turlough Park.

· No. 81 EMPTY COOKING POT, 1845-9

· No. 82 EMIGRANT'S TEAPOT, 1850-1950.

· No. 93 BOYNE CORACLE, 1928

· No. 95 EMIGRANT'S SUITCASE, 1950s.

No. 66 CRUCIFIXION STONE, 1740 & No. 77 WICKER CRADLE, 19^th & 20^th Centuries are also from the NMI-Country Life's Folklife collection and are based in NMI-Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Dublin.

Further details can be found on:

http://www.museum.ie/en/list/history-of-ireland-in-100-objects.aspx and on http://www.100objects.ie/

Visit http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition-list/country-life-temporary-exhibitions.aspx for details about temporary exhibitions which are ongoing in the Museum Galleries

06. MUSEUM SHOP & CAFÉ

Museum Shop: the Museum Shop offers a broad range of affordable quality gifts for any occasion. Unique products to suit all budgets and requirements.

Museum Café: Visit the Museum Café for a wide variety of tasty and seasonal meals and snacks. Enjoy our freshly baked produce and speciality teas and coffees. The perfect complement to your museum visit. For queries and bookings contact the Museum Café: 094 928 9972; E-mail: maeve@brambles.ie

07. GENERAL INFORMATION

Visit http://www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx for details of the current programme of events.

Contact tpark@museum.ie if you would like to join the Museum's e-mail distribution list.

and Twitter: https://twitter.com/NMIreland.

08. MEMORY BOOK PROJECT

Your Stories – Our Histories: Memory Book Project

During your Museum visit, please take a seat at our Memory Book to record personal memories and stories related to the objects and exhibitions you have encountered in the Museum. The Memory Book form can be downloaded and returned to the Museum. This form can be completed even if you haven't been to the Museum yet as we would still like to hear your memories relating to Irish country life.

09. ON-LINE RESOURCES

Blog by the Museum's Documentation Department

The Documentation Department in the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life have launched a blog as a spin off from the Museum's Inventory Project - http://turloughparkhouse.wordpress.com/. Visit this blog to get some information on objects in the Museum's collection.

Website for local heritage

www.ouririshheritage.org features articles on local history and heritage from around the country. Anyone with an interest in their local area can contribute to this website which, it is hoped, will eventually reflect the local history of the island of Ireland. Groups and organisations are welcome to promote their cultural and heritage events via the online events form.

10. MUSEUM OPENING TIMES

Museum: Tuesday-Saturday: 10am - 5pm Sunday: 2-5pm. Closed Mondays (incl. Bank Holiday).

Museum Shop & Café: open during Museum hours with extended opening from 12pm each Sunday.

11. CONTACT DETAILS

GENERAL INFORMATION: Museum Reception: 094 903 1755

MUSEUM CAFÉ: 094 928 9972; e-mail: maeve@brambles.ie

Note: if you would like to be removed from the e-mailing list please send return e-mail with "remove" in subject box

Kind regards, Bernie

Bernie Byron

Marketing Executive

National Museum of Ireland – Country Life

Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland

Tel: +353 94 903 1773; Mob: +353 87 798 7439

Email: bbyron@museum.ie; www.museum.ie

Admission Free. Closed Mondays.

How to find us: GPS Co-ordinates: 53.883986, -9.212476

Public Programmes & Temporary Exhibitions: www.museum.ie/events: ongoing events & activities in the four sites of the National Museum of Ireland.

The "Hair hurling balls: Earliest artefacts of our national game" exhibition features 14 hurling balls made from matted cow hair with a plaited horsehair covering. All the balls have been dated to the late seventeenth century or earlier. Running until May 2014.

& Twitter: https://twitter.com/NMIreland

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