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 Newsflash February 2019
Please find enclosed our newsflash for February 2019
...full storyFree workshop: What is the role of the EU in supporting a more equal society?
European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland in association with the European Commission Representation in Ireland invite you to a Citizen’s Dialogue workshop in Cork, Galway, and Dublin this comming March.Further details, including a link for registration,can be found here .
...full storySubmission to Review of National Action Plan for Social Inclusion
Read our Submission to the review of the Government’s social inclusion strategies from 2007-2017. This review will contribute to the new Plan due to be published early this year. Poverty levels are now higher than when the current Plan was launched in 2007 so it is crucial that the learning from the past ten years […]
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