The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), is our country’s primary social inclusion programme. The current iteration began on 1 January 2018 and will run until the end of 2023. The programme enables vital work in helping individuals and groups, by improving the life chances of those who are marginalised in society, living in poverty or unemployed.
The funding for SICAP is subject to the annual budgetary estimates process and I am delighted to have secured a 10% increase for SICAP for 2022, the largest increase since the programme was launched. This €4 million increase will
provide for the creation of a number of new community worker posts in communities across Ireland.
My officials have begun the process of developing a new iteration of SICAP which will begin in 2024.