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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

...research in 2020 that showed poverty weighs heavily on the public purse, costing the State €4.5 billion per year. This is spending that could be avoided if we invest now in adequate social protection. In that context, we are calling for the social welfare system to progressively realise income adequacy for those using our shared safety net. We propose that the minimum essential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

...concerned about levels of personal debt and problem debt arising from the pandemic. We have had a lot of calls from people who are struggling with their utility bills and rent arrears. There are protections for people who have been impacted by Covid in respect of rent arrears but there is no financial mechanism to help people to bridge the gap between what they are owed and what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

...not cover the full cost of that either so that is where St. Vincent de Paul often has to stand in and provide support. The final point was on the cost of living and the minimum essential standard of living data. The gap between income from social welfare and the cost of a minimum essential standard of living for adults is €47 per week and for a lone parent the gap can be up to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Family Carers Ireland (5 May 2021)

...public system through public health nurses who provided incontinence pads but that left out all of the people who bought pads privately. The public health nurses and the HSE rightly did not want to share data on who was receiving incontinence pads from them. In the midst of all of this we had GDPR. I do not know where the €7 million is now but every effort was made to address the...