Charities working in the areas of health, disability and home care may be unable to deliver many services in the coming months due to a staffing crisis, according to the national association of charities.
A summit organised by The Wheel will discuss difficulties faced by charities that can no longer recruit and retain qualified staff due to "enforced pay disparities" with State-run agencies.
Charities argue that wage cuts imposed after the economic crash over a decade ago - and reversed elsewhere - remain in place for hundreds of charities, putting services at risk.
The Workplace Relations Commission has agreed to examine the issue.
There are calls for the introduction of multi-annual funding to provide certainty to service delivery as well as measures to assist fundraising charities, such as "enhanced philanthropy" and "realistic allocations" to the Charity VAT Compensation Scheme.
"It would allow us to build on our sector's partnership with the government during the Covid-19 pandemic, our response to the war in Ukraine and the more general overall contribution to maintaining the fabric of Irish society," according to Ivan Cooper, CEO of The Wheel.
The Wheel’s summit is the largest annual gathering of not-for-profit organisations in Ireland.
