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Thursday, February 8th, 2024
2:03 PM
Submission to UN CESCR Fourth Review of Ireland
The lived experience of poverty, social exclusion and inequality must inform the Government’s approach to economic, social and cultural rights, an alliance of leading organisations in the Irish community and voluntary sector said today (08.02.2024), as it launched its Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social
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Monday, November 11th, 2024
9:41 AM
Community Platform General Election 2024 Hub
COMMUNITY PLATFORM MANIFESTO FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION The Community Platform has collectively developed our Manifesto for the General Election. The Manifesto focuses on proposals under the following four key areas, which we are asking all political parties and candidates to address: The eradication of poverty: We are
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Monday, September 30th, 2024
11:25 AM
FOUR TESTS FOR BUDGET 2025
GOVERNMENT’S FINAL BUDGET MUST LEAVE POSITIVE LEGACY ON POVERTY On the eve of Budget 2025, the Community Platform, a network of 31 national community and voluntary organisations, has published its annual Four Tests for Budget 2025. The Platform calls on the Government to leave a positive legacy
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Tuesday, September 17th, 2024
2:14 PM
Report: ‘What Would it Take to Eliminate Consistent Poverty by 2030?’
COMMUNITY PLATFORM CALLS ON ALL POLITICAL PARTIES TO COMMIT TO ELIMINATING POVERTY BY 2030 The Community Platform, an alliance of 31 national networks and organisations in the community and voluntary sector, has today called on all political parties to commit to the elimination of consistent poverty, as
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
4:40 PM
COMMUNITY PLATFORM RESPONSE TO UN COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC SOCIAL & CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON IRELAND
UN HIGHLIGHTS SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH IRELAND’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS RECORD The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights findings on Ireland highlight key issues the State must address if it is serious about tackling poverty and social exclusion and protecting the economic, social and
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