INOU Submission to the Mid-term Review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion

In the Department of Social Protection’s press release opening the consultation process for this review, it was noted that “The Roadmap for Social Inclusion is a whole of Government strategy for addressing poverty and social exclusion. The Roadmap contains ambitious targets to reduce consistent poverty to 2 per cent or less by 2025, and to position Ireland within the top five countries in the EU under a number of leading social inclusion measures.”
Later on in the release Minister O’Brien stated: “As we strive to fulfil the commitments outlined in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion, we seek feedback at its mid-point on its effectiveness from those most impacted by poverty and social exclusion.” This submission will review the Roadmap for Social Inclusion