- Read more: Report on Child Poverty and Deprivation
The Joint Committee on Children and Equality has published its Report on Child Poverty and Deprivation. The report assesses the causes, drivers and impacts of child poverty following engagement with 19 stakeholders and children themselves.
- Read more: Public support for welfare and redistributive policies in Ireland
The ESRI has published a report “Public support for welfare and redistributive policies in Ireland. This study was conducted in partnership with Community Foundation Ireland.
- Read more: Annual Report 2024
The report details the significant work carried out by the Department of Social Protection during the year. In 2024, total expenditure was €26.99 billion. A €2.6 billion package of additional supports was provided under Budget 2025, aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures through a combination of lump sum payments and increases to weekly social protection rates.
- Read more: The effect of child-related benefits on child poverty and deprivation in Ireland
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) published a report on “The effect of child-related benefits on child poverty and deprivation in Ireland” on June 11, 2025.
- Read more: Department of Social Protection: Annual Report 2023
The Department of Social Protection has published its Annual Report 2023.
- Read more: The impact of COVID on the Irish social protection system
This paper considers the impact of the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken in response on the Irish social protection system. The paper provides a decomposition analysis of recent developments in social protection spending to identify the immediate impact of COVID-19 and compares these to the response during the 2008 Great Recession (Cousins, 2016)…
- Read more: The Green Paper on Disability Reform: a flawed effort to reform payments for people with disabilities
The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has recently published a Green Paper on the reform of disability payments in Ireland (DSP, 2023). This has proved somewhat controversial leading to protests outside the Dail in December 2023. The proposals have been seen by some as designed to import the UK system of ‘work capability…
- Read more: In Transit? Insights from the lived experience of lone parents claiming Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment
The introduction of Jobseeker’s Transitional payment (JST) for lone parents was one of the most controversial social protection reforms implemented following the 2008 financial crisis. This briefing sets out some of the key findings of a piece of research on the introduction of JST, called ‘In Transit?’[i]. The research sought to bring the perspective of…
- Read more: Pay-Related Benefits – a fundamental reform of the social welfare system
The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has recently announced that the Government has given approval for the establishment of a new Pay-Related Jobseeker’s Benefit System in Ireland.[i] This she described as ‘fundamental reform of the social welfare system’. It is planned (perhaps optimistically) that the new system will be introduced in the second…
- Read more: OECD: Risks that Matter 2022 Survey: Ireland
The OECD has released the results from the “Risks that Matter 2022 Survey: Ireland”. The survey examines respondents’ perceived economic risks, levels of satisfaction with current social policies, and preferences for future government action on social protection. The survey found that, in Ireland, many worry about health and housing and are willing to pay more…
