ATD Ireland welcome the opportunity to make a submission for budget 2025.
We carried out this piece of work in collaboration with Sister Bernadette who formally led the MESL research.
This work draws on from the collaborative discussions had by our Community Activists and Sister Bernadette as Christina prepared to deliver a speech on minimum income at Social Platform’s Over the Poverty Line conference at the European Parliament in Brussels in October 2023. Read more here
ATD Ireland submits one proposal -income adequacy -which encompasses the multidimensional nature of poverty.
ATD Ireland requests a €20 increase to the core social welfare rates.
Read our full submission by clicking the image below.