Month: May 2021
Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025
In January 2020, the government published the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 – 2025 which laid out the Government’s ambition to “Reduce consistent poverty to 2% or less and to make Ireland one of the most socially inclusive countries in the EU”. The Roadmap is the successor to the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion which concluded

Funding Models Addressing Early Childhood Disadvantage
On April 16, Frontier Economics published three more research papers to inform the development of a new funding model for Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare in Ireland. The consultancy has been commissioned by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) to provide research support to an Expert Group that
The Let’s Get Ready campaign
The Let’s Get Ready campaign is being coordinated and supported again this year by the DCEDIY. This campaign aims to support settings, parents and primary schools to ensure that the transition to primary school is as easy as possible for children. In a new development, there are also materials to support the transition from home

ELC and SAC Funding Models which support provision quality
On April 16, Frontier Economics published three more research papers to inform the development of a new funding model for Early Learning and Childcare and School Age Childcare in Ireland. The consultancy has been commissioned by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) to provide research support to an Expert Group that

The future of the Irish Social Welfare System
On 24 March, the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) hosted a webinar on the future of the Irish social welfare system. The talk was based on a study recently published by the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), co-authored by Dr. Helen Johnston and Dr. Anne-Marie McGauran. The presentation set out the main challenges facing