Vincentian MESL Research Centre
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The Vincentian MESL Research Centre at SVP researches the cost of a socially acceptable minimum dignified standard of living. CRA: 20013
Ireland
Joined March 2011
The #MESL2025 report out today! .Read the report for details of the Minimum Essential Standard of Living in 2025: .📈18.8% change in MESL costs from 2020 to 2025 .👩👦👦Update on minimum needs of children.💶Adequacy of social protection rates and minimum wage.
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Attending @welfare_ie #prebudgetforum to present our evidence based recommendations for #Budget2026, to restore the real value of core social protection rates and progressively move towards ensuring an adequate social protection floor .
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RT @SVP_Ireland: Issy Petrie (@IssyPetrie), the Research & Policy Officer at SVP, elaborates on the Energy and Climate Justice. In 2023, SV….
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RT @SVP_Ireland: Niamh Dalziel, the Research & Policy Officer at SVP, speaks on Education, including early years. In 2023, SVP provided €5.….
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Join the team at the Vincentian MESL research centre. We're hiring a MESL Researcher (on a specific purpose contract). 🗓️Applications close on 23rd May 2025. 👉 #JobFairy
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New research from @ESRIDublin finds 11% of people are living in a household with incomes below the #MESL threshold. Groups with the highest rate below #MESL include children (15%), lone parents (38%), and working-age single adults (26%).
Today, the ESRI and the Department of Social Protection have published a Technical Paper on Minimum Essential Standards of Living, Poverty, and Deprivation in Ireland. 💡 Read more key findings: 📄 Download the full report:
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RT @ESRIDublin: "Lone parents, households with children, single working-age adults and renters are the groups most likely to have an income….
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Lone parents, households with children, single working-age adults and renters are the groups most likely to have an income that does not meet their basic expenditure needs, according to a new report...
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Our #MESL Impact Briefing assessing Budget 2025 is out now. We analyse the impact of Budget 2025, applying the MESL data to examine the impact of the announced measures on income adequacy next year. The briefing is available at
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“The latest calculation of a living wage is nearly identical to last year despite higher costs in some areas like food and rent because of a combination of lower energy costs and tax changes made in the last budget,” .
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Living Wage Technical Group revises down the minimum hourly pay required for a full-time worker without dependents to afford basic goods and services
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The Living Wage reflects the minimum pay needed for a full-time worker to afford essential goods and services. It’s based on real costs faced by employees in Ireland, produced by the Living Wage Technical Group, budget standards data from the Vincentian #MESL Research Centre.
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This is the first time the #LivingWage has fallen since calculations began a decade ago. Recent policy measures have significantly influenced this change. Without the Rent Tax Credit, the hourly rate would be 50c higher; without energy credits the rate would be 20c higher.
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Living Wage Update for 2024/25: .The Living Wage has decreased by 5c to €14.75 per hour. Despite this drop, the National Minimum Wage is still €2.05 less than the Living Wage. #LivingWage #LivingWageIreland
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RT @mesl_research: The 2024/25 #LivingWage rate for Ireland will be announced on Monday 23rd September. https://t.c….
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RT @ATDIreland: Join Us on the 17th of October each year, we come together to demonstrate the strong bonds of solidarity between people liv….
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Join the team at the Vincentian MESL research centre!. We're hiring a MESL Researcher (on a specific purpose contract). 🗓️Applications close on 16th July 2024 . 👉 #JobFairy
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From March 2020 to March 2024, Household Energy costs in the MESL increased by 64.5%. This rise has eroded the real value of the Fuel Allowance. To restore its 2020 purchasing power, an adjustment of €7 per week (or €196 annually) is needed.
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Families in Direct Provision face severe income inadequacy. Income supports for a one-parent, two-child household in Direct Provision meet only 45% of MESL needs. We recommend implementing the International Protection Child Payment at the same rate as Child Benefit.
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To combat child poverty, we recommend adjusting the Qualified Child Increase rates to restore purchasing power and improve the proportion of needs met for all child age groups. An increase of €6 per week for children under 12 and €15 per week for children over 12 is advised.
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The purchasing power of core social protection rates is less now than in 2020. Temporary ‘Cost of Living’ supports have helped, but now the real value of core rates needs to be restored. We recommend increasing core working-age personal rates by €20 to €252 per week.
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