Departmental Programmes
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-25
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Joe O'Brien (GP), Dublin Fingal

I can give a commitment to prioritise SICAP. In terms of the programmes that I oversee, it is one of the ones that I have been shouting about most since I came into office.
It is something that we need to raise the profile of across communities as well because so much good work goes on. We have over 500 posts for SICAP workers across the country doing really good work, particularly last year during the crisis. That is not often recognised. I always appreciate the programme being raised here in the Dáil.
To put it on people's radar as well, next week we will be running a promotional programme for SICAP that will detail much of the good work that was done, in particular, last year. It really came into its own last year in the value that it brought to communities in terms of innovating and responding to the issues that emerged from Covid-19. I can assure the Deputy it is very high on my priority list.

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Sitting date: 2021-05-25