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The importance of independence and autonomy for third sector organisations is vital to their work. Yet, challenges are emerging in the State’s interaction with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). For us, since the introduction of the new Child and Family Agency, Tusla, increasingly we are seeing amendments to contracts, with paragraphs added placing restrictions on our advocacy capacity.

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"I’ve discovered that things are a lot harder to change than I previously thought. There’s a great power imbalance in Ireland and that needs to change." - Martha Griffin