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12 October 2021

Welfare increases welcome but insufficient to keep people afloat in a sea of rising living costs

Responding to today’s Budget package, SVP says it does not signal the transformative change needed to tackle poverty effectively
13 September 2021

SVP report throws light on the real homeless

In a new detailed report on housing and homelessness entitled Combating Housing Exclusion in Ireland, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has welcomed the publication of the much-anticipated Housing for All plan...
19 April 2021

SVP publish proposals to reform SUSI grants scheme

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul has submitted a series of proposals to reform the SUSI grant scheme. Among the proposals made by SVP to a review being conducted by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science are...
07 April 2021

SVP records almost 20% increase in calls for help in first quarter of the year.

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SVP) has recorded an almost 20% increase in calls for help in the first quarter of 2021.
26 January 2021

Urgent Actions required to keep one parent families afloat

The National One Parent Family Alliance says that unless urgent measures are implemented, lone parents and their children will be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 restrictions and school closures.

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The SVP Blog

Posted by Tricia Keilthy on 14 October 2021 | 0 comments
Budget 2022: What Does it Mean for the People in Poverty?
In our pre-budget submission, we put forward a set of actions that would put us on a path to deliver an Ireland where the quality of life for all is improved and where the experience of poverty is the exception, rather than the experience it is for hundreds of thousands of people right now.
Posted by Marcella Stakem on 14 October 2021 | 0 comments
Budget 2022 Case Study: The Reality of Educational Disadvantage
Lisa will receive a €200 increase through the SUSI maintenance grant payment in 2022. This is the first rise since 2012...
Posted by Marcella Stakem on 14 October 2021 | 0 comments
Budget 2022 Case Study: The Reality Housing Insecurity
Mark and his family will likely be feeling disappointed after the budget. Funding for the building of 9,000 social homes is a welcome development and accessing a social home is what Mark would like for himself and his family...
Posted by Issy Petrie on 14 October 2021 | 0 comments
Budget 2022 Case Study: The Reality of Energy Poverty
From Budget 2022 Sarah will benefit from the increased rate of One Parent Family Payment (an additional €5), and the child increases for her three children (an additional €6 in total per week)...
Posted by Issy Petrie on 14 October 2021 | 0 comments
Budget 2022 Case Study: The Reality of Life on a Low Income
Maria is a lone parent of two teenagers who works 20 hours a week on the national minimum wage. Due to her youngest child turning 14 she transitioned onto the Working Family Payment...