Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed

Intent: To seek inclusion of key priorities in new Programme for Government: sustained investment in public services; address systemic barriers in the labour market; introduce benchmarking of social welfare rates to lift people above poverty line, provide them with Minimum Essential Standard of Living; establish a pro-active and informative ‘Social Welfare Health Check’; introduce socio-economic status ground; properly resource youth groups, community organisations, community and adult education.

Methods: Email

Intent: To inform our readers of issues arising, current developments and the need for more inclusive, constructive and well-resourced social protection, education, training, employment policies and supports to secure better outcomes for people experiencing unemployment and other forms of socio-economic exclusion.

Intent: To seek inclusion of key priorities in new Programme for Government: sustained investment in public services; address systemic barriers in the labour market; introduce benchmarking of social welfare rates to lift people above poverty line, provide them with Minimum Essential Standard of Living; establish a pro-active and informative ‘Social Welfare Health Check’; introduce socio-economic status ground; properly resource youth groups, community organisations, community and adult education.

Intent: To discuss with the Department of Social Protection key issues of concern for the INOU including the appropriate benchmarking of working age payments; inclusive budgetary processes; review of means testing; on-going changes to social welfare system; DSP incorporation of Public Sector Human Rights and Equality Duty.

Methods: Meeting

Intent: Bringing to the attention of members of the Oireachtas and people seeking election the issues facing unemployed people, so as to secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education, training, employment policies and outcomes.

Methods: Submission

Intent: Bringing to the attention of members of the Oireachtas and people seeking election the issues facing unemployed people, so as to secure more inclusive, constructive and well resourced social protection, education, training, employment policies and outcomes.

Intent: To circulate our Budget 2025 analysis under themes: adequate income; supportive employment services; employment and programmes; education and training; community-based organisations. To explore what was delivered for unemployed people, people reliant on the social welfare system, furthest from the labour market and to raise concerns about doubling of the penalty rate for people on a Jobseeker’s payment who fail to engage with employment services to €90, representing 37% of the personal rate.

Intent: To inform our readers of issues arising, current developments and the need for more inclusive, constructive and well-resourced social protection, education, training, employment policies and supports to secure better outcomes for people experiencing unemployment and other forms of socio-economic exclusion.

Intent: To secure a more equitable and inclusive Budgetary process and address the social and economic exclusion facing so many unemployed people, other people reliant on social protection supports, and furthest from the labour market.

Methods: Meeting

Intent: To promote key aspects of INOU 2025 Pre-Budget Submission covering adequate income; supportive employment services; employment and programmes; education and training; community based organisations. In particular for Government to benchmark all social welfare rates at a level which is sufficient to lift people above the poverty line; provide them with a Minimum Essential Standard of Living; properly support unemployed people to participate in meaningful education and employment programmes.

Methods: Email