Clann Credo met with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education on Thursday, 12 October, to discuss its findings on the role of social finance in job creation and community regeneration, published in its recent report From the Ground Up. The meeting follows an invitation from Chairman of the Committee, Deputy Damien English.
Clann Credo was represented by its Chief Executive, Paul O'Sullivan. He was joined by Jonathan Coburn, Director ofTHINK! Research for Social Change (a Scottish social enterprise) and Seamus Mulconry, Executive Director of Philanthropy Ireland.
The report, which was launched by Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in July, makes a number of recommendations to government on developing the social economy to support recovery, its potential to create jobs, the lessons we can learn from Scotland and the role of LEADER.
It also recommends a number of initiatives to government to assist development of social enterprise and the social economy, including the development of Benefit Clauses (CBCs), Public Social Partnerships and Social Impact Bonds.