Working for a poverty-free Ireland: Combat Poverty Agency Strategic Plan 2005 - 2007

摘要

Combat Poverty is a statutory agencyudestablished under the Combat PovertyudAgency Act 1986. This Act sets outudCombat Poverty’s functions as:udpolicy advice; research; projectudsupport, innovation and evaluation;udand public education.udUnder the Act we are required toudprepare three year strategic plans.udThis Plan, for the period 2005-2007,udis our seventh Strategic Plan. The keyudelements are summarised below.ud» Our VisionudWorking for a poverty-free Ireland.ud» Our MissionudWe are a state advisory agencyuddeveloping and promoting evidencebasedudproposals and measures toudcombat poverty in Ireland.