Meeting of the Tusla-Funded Member Network
Meeting of the Tusla-Funded Member Network
This meeting of our TUSLA-funded member network will include an update from The Wheel on the campaign to address pay disparity for Section 39/56/10/40 organisations, including the data-collection exercise currently being undertaken by the HSE.
The meeting will include an open discussion where we hope to hear from our members about other issues and priorities.
Please email Lily Power lily@wheel.ie with any queries.
- You can book places for yourself and/or colleagues by clicking the button below.
- This event will take place on Zoom.
- Closed Captions can be enabled by participants.
- Please email ames@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements.
- It is important to note that this network is only for TUSLA-funded members of The Wheel.
Meet the Facilitators
Dr Tracey Monson is CEO of the Daughters of Charity Child and Family Service and has a broad academic, practice and leadership background working with children, young people and families, from early intervention to protective services.
She trained as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and holds further qualifications in Social Justice and Equality Studies, Leadership and Management, a Professional Doctorate in Childhood Studies, and an Executive MBA.
Tracey has worked nationally and cross-border with statutory and government bodies on children’s issues and held senior roles in community-based child and family services. She has lectured on DKIT’s Early Childhood Education programmes and published in journals including the British Journal of Social Work.
She serves on the editorial boards of Child Care in Practice and the Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, is an executive member of PEIN and the Parenting Network, and sits on Tusla’s Commissioning and Research Advisory Committees. Tracey has worked in the community and voluntary sector for all of her career and is passionate about the sector’s work, and its role as an integral part of the fabric of Irish society.
Lily Power is the Policy & Research Manager at The Wheel. Lily has a broad range of experience in the charity and voluntary sector, primarily in the area of arts and culture, having worked as Production Editor with Visual Artists Ireland for a number of years, and as a researcher on a range of projects for nonprofits and public bodies. Lily holds a Master’s in Public Policy from University College Dublin and a BA in History from Trinity College Dublin.
John Gallagher is The Wheel's Public Affairs Consultant. John previously worked as a full-time journalist in national and broadcast media and subsequently in politics as part of the Rainbow government (1994-97). John Gallagher has served on public bodies including:
- The Interdepartmental Group on Social Enterprise
- The Working Group on VAT and Charities established by the Minister for Finance
- The Department of Justice - Irish Prison Service Steering Group on Employment for ex-Offenders.