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WEBGovernment is failing older people, more support required in Budget 2024. Wednesday, 6 September 2023. According to Census 2022, there were 1,048,985 …

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Mental Health in Ireland Social Justice Ireland

WEBMental health is critical to individual well-being, as well as for social and economic participation and it is an increasingly important concern in both Ireland and …

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Access, Waiting Times and Expenditure on Healthcare

WEBIreland remains the only western European country without universal coverage for primary care.Ireland’s health system ranked 22 nd out of 35 countries in …

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Poverty, Health and Life-Expectancy Social Justice Ireland

WEBHealth and life expectancy. International reports underline inequalities in life expectancy by socio-economic status, including education level, income or occupational …

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Social Justice Matters Policy Brief

WEBOur health system, and its workers, have been placed under tremendous pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. The pandemic has …

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Wellbeing for Ireland

WEBSubjective Wellbeing: Persons aged 16+ that rated their overall life satisfaction as high in 2018, 44 per cent in Ireland (compared to an EU average of 25 …

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Health and Disability in Budget 2023 Social Justice Ireland

WEBWhat did Budget 2023 do for Healthcare? Allocated €23.4bn (current & capital) €22.6bn core and €0.8bn non core. Additional €1.15bn core funding, €0.7bn for …

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People with disabilities report poor health and mental health status

WEBThe detail in 'Irish Health Survey 2019 - Persons with a Disability' is based on self-reported data from persons aged 15 years and over who experience certain …

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Government must prioritise Primary Care in Budget 2024

WEBIn order to improve access to care, and to progress a shift to a model that prioritises primary and social care Social Justice Ireland is proposing that €600m of …

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Healthcare inequalities persist and undermine treatment and care

WEBAccording to data from the National Treatment Purchase Fund there were 178,064 people waiting for 18 months or more for outpatient’s treatment in March 2021. …

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Budget 2021 must address healthcare inequalities

WEBThe new Government needs to ensure that inequalities inherent in our health system are addressed. The implementation of Sláintecare, which received cross-party …

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A Measure of Success and why we can lead the way!

WEBGlobally, the number of people aged 60 years or older will rise from 900 million to 2 billion by 2050 (moving from 12% to 22% of the total global population). In …

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More than 671,000 people are still living in poverty in Ireland, of

WEB671,183 people in Ireland are living in poverty, of which 188,602 are children.; 143,633 older people are living in poverty, an increase of over 55,000 since …

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Discrimination in Ireland Social Justice Ireland

WEBWhen you support Social Justice Ireland, you are tackling the causes of problems. According to data published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as of Q1 …

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Poverty in Ireland Social Justice Ireland

WEBTherefore, the data published in the 2022 report refers to income levels in 2021. According to the CSO, the median disposable income per adult in Ireland during …

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Precarious Housing

WEBNew research from Canada indicates that adults who first experienced homelessness in childhood are more likely to experience precarious housing, even with …

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Ireland and the EU face home care challenges

WEBMany of the challenges that Ireland faces are identified in the European Care Strategy published in September 2022. The number of persons potentially in need of …

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