Posts by Sharon

“Due to the cost-of-living crisis, anything less than a €27.50 adjustment in core social welfare rates will be a real term cut. This is the absolute minimum required to prevent individuals and families being pulled deeper into poverty.” -Vincentian MESL Research Centre Pre-Budget 2024 Submission The Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) research was transferred…

What is the current rate of the state pension? €265.30 for the contributory state pension and €253 for the non-contributory state pension. Only two-thirds of recipients get the full rate. What would the rate of the state pension be if it was benchmarked to average earnings? In 2024, it would be €318/week, €53 more than…

The Pension Coalition launched the beginning of a series of townhall meetings on Monday 19th June at Liberty Hall in Dublin. The purpose of the townhall meetings is to raise awareness of the inadequacy of the state pension and the need to raise the pension rate to 34% of average earnings. This figure of 34%…

We have received multiple reports of scam text messages doing the rounds and they can be very convincing. Scam text messages usually come from an unknown number claiming to be someone like Revenue or An Post, for example. The text messages often contain a link and asks you to click on the link which takes…