EAPN Ireland Pre-budget Submission 2019
EAPN Ireland is calling on the Government to use budget 2019 as a means to follow through on the commitment in the Programme for Government to a “more just and fair society”. EAPN Ireland is asking the government to implement progressive anti-poverty measures under the following headings: Taxation and Investment Poverty and Equality Impact Assessment Ensuring adequate social welfare for all Welfare to decent work Housing Asylum seekers Disability related payment We believe the proposals in our 2019 pre-budget submission provides a template that enables the Government to move closer to lifting people out of poverty and towards the Minimum Essential Standard ...
Putting the fight against poverty at the heart of the European Parliament elections, 2014
19 European Parliament election candidates from Ireland join Europe-wide call for an EU Anti Poverty Strategy: see press release Read the special edition of the EAPN Ireland Review on the elections – explaining the role of the Parliament, the issues and candidates in the election Follow the EAPN (Europe) blog on the campaign Following a successful series of meetings between community groups and candidates for the European Parliament, EAPN Ireland, the Irish network of the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN), today announced that the EAPN’s demand for an explicit anti-poverty strategy and monitoring by people experiencing poverty has so far been been endorsed ...
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EAPN Ireland Media Statement- Bench Marking Social Welfare
Please find enclosed EAPN Ireland’s media statement around government plans to bench mark social welfare rates.
...full storySocial Inclusion Forum Preparatory Workshops 2019
Please find enclosed a notice on the Social Inclusion Forum Preparatory Workshops for 2019, which take place in advance of and inform the annual Social Inclusion Forum this comming May 22nd.
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EAPN Ireland, along with EU Commission representation in Ireland, recently held Citizen’s Dialogue workshops in Cork, Galway, and Dublin, asking what the EU can do to support a more equal society. Please see below the presentations and the final summary report from the three workshops. Rosella Chiodo- European Commission – Cork input Hugh Frazer – […]
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