David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the names of the 30 welfare organisations that he has invited to meet him over the coming months. [27294/04]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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On 11 October 2004 I hosted the annual pre-budget forum to which a wide variety of organisations with interests in social welfare issues had been invited. In all, 27 organisations attended on the day and I extended an invitation to each of them to meet with me over the coming months to outline their work and to make their concerns known to me. The following organisations attended the forum:

Accord

Age Action Ireland Barnardo's (Solas)

Care Alliance

Carers Association

Children's Rights Alliance

CORI

Crosscare (Centrecare)

Disability Federation of Ireland

Family Solidarity

ICTU (Centres for the Unemployed)

INOU

Irish Countrywomen's Association

Irish Senior Citizens Parliament

Marriage and Relationship Counselling Services

NAMHI

National Federation of Pensioners Association

National Association of Widows in Ireland (NAWI)

National Women's Council of Ireland

One Family (Formally known as CHERISH)

One Parent Exchange and Network (OPEN)

Pavee Point

Retired Worker's Committee (ICTU)

St. Vincent de Paul

Tallaght Welfare Society

TREOIR

Women in the Home

I have already met a number of these organisations in recent weeks and I intend to meet the remaining groups over the coming months.