Tag:
Poverty
Development Work
Liffey Partnership is new name for organisation set up in 1997
The project formerly known as Ballyfermot/Chapelizod Partnership rebrands
Income & Employment
Government urged to increase core social welfare rates by €25
Core social welfare rates must increase by €25 in Budget 2024, and the Government must commit to benchmarking social welfare rates to average weekly earnings if it is to have any impact on reducing poverty.
Empowerment
From maternity services to international protection, the Roma Programme fights for Europe’s most marginalised community
“There's definitely a question around women from ethnic minority communities’ experiences of the maternity services.” – Jenny Liston, Pavee Point
A quarter of Roma women’s first contact with maternity services is when they arrive in labour at the hospital. Without translators available, patients and medics rely on Google Translate to communicate. We wouldn’t know about this if it wasn’t for the tremendous work being done with Roma people by Pavee Point.
Funding
SVP sees budget impact on families, students, carers, people with disabilities and homeless people
The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) says that while there are some welcome aspects to Budget 2023, the one-off measures won’t stem a rise in poverty.
Inclusion
“Clare is not Alaska” – report highlights lack of access to services in rural Ireland
NATIONAL policy is making rural poverty worse, according to a recent study on poverty and social exclusion in Co Clare.
Policy & Strategy
New caps on moneylending could end exorbitant interest rates
As laws come into effect to cap moneylending rates, Olive McCarthy and Noreen Byrne of the University College Cork (UCC) Centre for Co-operative Studies explain why they support it.
Income & Employment
What supports are in place to combat rural poverty?
With poverty levels in rural Ireland demonstrably worse than in urban areas, and less visible, Cian Matthew Kearns asks what supports are available to those affected.
