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The Hidden Cost of Poverty: Published 16 Jun 2020 | PDF | 1.13 MB
The Hidden Cost of Poverty Executive Summary: Published 16 Jun 2020 | PDF | 228.82 KB

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28 November 2019

Progress on poverty reduction slows in the absence of a national strategy

SVP has welcomed the fall in consistent poverty from 6.7% in 2017 to 5.6%. However, the changes were not statistically significant, and SVP is concerned that progress on poverty reduction has slowed in the absence of a national strategy.
25 September 2019

Measures to tackle energy poverty must be seen as part of the solution to climate change

In a submission made to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action today (25th of September) the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) stated that significantly more investment is required to tackle energy poverty and that the cost of climate action...
30 July 2019

SVP wants tobacco style warning on moneylender advertising

The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) is seeking to have all licensed moneylenders carry a tobacco style high cost loans warning on their advertising and literature.
18 June 2019

Radical action needed in Budget 2020 to reduce poverty

In work poverty is an emerging issue for the people we assist, says the Society of St Vincent de Paul in its Pre Budget Submission for Budget 2020 launched today.
16 October 2016

SVP creates unique ‘Hidden Homeless’ estate agency

SVP creates unique ‘Hidden Homeless’ estate agency and asks people to support its campaign for real Social Housing

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Posted by Tricia Keilthy on 11 October 2019 | 0 comments
Summary Assessment of Budget 2020 Measures
Budget 2020 delivered a number of welcome targeted measures which will assist those living on the lowest incomes. However, freezing primary social welfare rates and the minimum wage means many people will be left struggling next year as the cost of living rises.
Posted by Mary Moylan on 16 September 2019 | 0 comments
SVP Opening Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills 12 Sept. 2019
Marcella Stakem, SVP Policy Officer addresses the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills to give recommendations on education costs from our experience working with people struggling with these costs.
Posted by Marcella Stakem on 15 August 2019 | 0 comments
Education, Disadvantage, Poverty: SVP Highlighting the Links
SVP has long been of the view that education is the ultimate enabler out of poverty. The large attendance at the SVP Education Gathering held in SVP National Office is testament to that.
Posted by Mary Moylan on 02 August 2019 | 0 comments
Investing in a Just Society - PBS 2020
In June the Society of St Vincent de Paul launched its Pre Budget Submission 2020, with the theme of “Investing in a just society”
Posted by Kieran Stafford on 01 August 2019 | 0 comments
175 Years of Service - National President Reflection
The Society of St Vincent de Paul was started here in 1844 at the onset of the terrible famine. Since then, SVP members, past and present, have bore witness to the people and communities affected by poverty in all its forms.