Issue 31: March 2001 - Youth Work Ireland

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3. Accident and emergency wards are reporting abig increase in recent years in the number of injuriesinflicted as a result of alcohol. Dr Peter O'Connor,who has been an A&E consultant in the MaterHospital for over 20 years stated that as many as 50per cent of casualty admissions are for alcoholrelatedinjuries.The Minister also said he would be approaching theAdvertising Standards Authority of Ireland with aview to improvements in its voluntary code foradvertising alcohol. These would include a ban onadvertising in media where more than 25 per cent ofthe audience was under age, and if the voluntarycode did not work, statutory measures would beexplored.2001/pr-0602.htm)The Equality Division of the Department will providethe secretariat for the group.For further information on theprogramme contact:Department of Justice, Equality andLaw Reform,72 - 76 St. Stephens Green,Dublin 2.Tel: 01 /6028202 Fax: 01 /661 5461Email: info@justice.iep0LIcyFuNDINGFor further information on the campaigncontact:Department of Health and Children,Hawkins House,Hawkins Street,Dublin 2.Tel: 01 /6354000 Fax: 01 /6354001Website: www.doh.ieNEW ANTI-RACISM AWARENESSPROGRAMME LAUNCHEDThe Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform,Mr. John O'Donoghue has recently announced athree-year National Anti-Racism/lnterculturalismPublic Awareness programme. The Programme willreceive Government funding of £4.5 million and willenable a Steering Group to design and implement aset of actions aimed at combating racism in society.The programme will be based on an outlineframework developed by the National ConsultativeCommittee on Racism and lnterculturalism andinitiatives will be taken in the areas of:1 Community and Local Development1 Media and Communications1 The Role of Statutory Authorities1 Public Education.The Minister has just announced the composition ofthe Steering Group. The members selected for thesteering group can be seen at the following webaddress:www.gov.ie/justice/Press%20Releses/Press-Irish YouthWork SceneIn January of this year the first sitting took place ofPilot Drugs Court in Dublin. This 18-month schemewill be operated in the Dublin District Court dealingwith a maximum of 100 offenders primarily from theNorth Dublin inner city area. It will sit twice a weekfor persons aged 17 years of age or over who pleadguilty/have been found guilty of a drug/drug-relatedoffence of a non-violent nature that would normallywarrant imprisonment.A court supervised treatment and/or rehabilitationprogramme will be made available tailored to meetthe individual needs of each offender. Theservices/programmes will be provided by theEastern Regional Health Authority, Probation andWelfare Service, FAS, and the Department ofEducation & Science with services being soughtfrom other agencies where appropriate.Lawyers only become involved with the possibility ofthe defendant's treatment services being terminatedand two community Gardai will be present to effectarrest warrants for non-appearance/refusal toadhere to the terms of the programme. Twoprobation officers will also be assigned, and ifsuccessful it is hoped that it will be considered formainstreaming.Similar systems already operate in other countries,most notably in the USA, which had up to 75%success rates in non-reoffending in some parts ofthecountry.March 2001p0LIcyFUNDINGp0LICYFuNDING
For further information contact:De partment of Justice, Equality and LawReform,72 - 76 St. Ste phen's Green,Fax: 01 /661 5461Dublin 2.Tel: 01 /6028202Email: info@justice.ieNEW MAINSTREAMINGEQUALITY WEBSITEMainstreaming equality between women and men isa requirement for all policies and programmes underthe Irish National Development Plan 2000 to 2006.The National Development Plan Gender EqualityUnit of the Department of Justice, Equality and LawReform has developed a website which acts as aguide to the mainstreaming of equality.The site outlines why mainstreaming has beenadopted as a strategy to improve equality ofopportunity between women and men in the Irishpolicy context, the requirements under the NOP, andwhat mainstreaming involves. The website alsoguides policy makers and others to further sourcesof information to help mainstream equality andcontains a databank of statistics on women and menin Ireland related particularly to NOP areas.The address for the website is:www.gov.ie/jsutice/Equality/Gender/NDP/Gender1.htmvideo-based parenting courses aimed at managingand solving problems in children and teenagers.The programmes are based on experience gained inproviding parent training courses in various settingsand aimed at providing a foundation for goodpractice in the management of children andadolescents. The programmes are suitable for useby a wide variety of professionals working withchildren and can be co-facilitated by parents if theyhave previously completed parenting courses orrelevant training. There are two distinctprogrammes:The Children's Programme: A practical andpositive video-based course for managing andsolving discipline problems in children aged 4 - 11 (8- 10 week course)The Adolescent's Programme: A video-basedparenting guide to handling conflict and getting onbetter with older children and teenagers aged 11- 15(6 - 8 week course)Each programme contains video footage and aleader's manual (which contains video texts, sessionby session guides, participant assignments and aseries of handouts) and they can be purchased at acost of £220 plus £5.00 postage from:Parent Plus, De partment of Child and Family &Psychiatry,Mater Hospital,North Circular RoadDublin 7.Tel: 01 /8532426Email: parentplus@eircom.netWebsite: www.breifthera py.ie/parentplus·P0LIcyFuNDINGp0LIcyFuNDINGNEW CHILD & ADOLESCENTCONFLICT PROGRAMMELAUNCHEDOn 25 January Minister for Children, Ms. MaryHanafin T.D. launched the Parents Plus Familiesand Adolescent Programmes organised by theDepartment of Child and Family Psychiatry at theMater Hospital. The Minister drew attention to thefact that £3.25 million has been made available in2001 for further developments in child andadolescent psychiatry services.The Parents Plus Programmes are comprehensiveIrish YouthWork SceneJFor further information on the additionalmoney being allocated to child andadolescent psychiatry services contact:De partment of Health and Children,Hawkins House,Hawkins Street,Dublin 2.Tel: 01 /6354000Fax: 01 /6354001Website: www.doh.ieMarch 2001p0LIcyFuNDING
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