Vincentian MESL Research Centre

The #MESL2025 report out today! Read the report for details of the Minimum Essential Standard of Living in 2025: 📈18.8% change in MESL costs from 2020 to 2025 👩‍👦‍👦Update on minimum needs of children 💶Adequacy of social protection rates and minimum wage budgeting.ie

Our #MESL Impact Briefing assessing #Budget2026 is out now. We analyse the impact of Budget 2026, applying the MESL data to examine the impact of the announced measures on income adequacy next year. The briefing is available at budgeting.ie/publications/b…

The Living Wage reflects the minimum pay needed for a full-time worker to afford essential goods and services. It’s based on real costs faced by employees in Ireland, produced by the Living Wage Technical Group, budget standards data from the Vincentian #MESL Research Centre

In the last year minimum living costs increased by 5.8% for a working-age single adult. Rising rent, food, energy and insurance costs contributed to this. Policy measures, e.g. the Rent Tax Credit, have reduced the potential impact of rising costs on the Living Wage rate.

The #LivingWage for 2025/26 in Ireland is €15.40 per hour. This 4.4% increase is driven by the rising cost of living and represents the minimum income required for a single adult working full-time to afford a socially acceptable minimum standard livingwage.ie

The 2025/26 real #LivingWage rate for Ireland will be announced on Wednesday 1st October. livingwage.ie

Attending @welfare_ie #prebudgetforum to present our evidence based recommendations for #Budget2026, to restore the real value of core social protection rates and progressively move towards ensuring an adequate social protection floor budgeting.ie/publications/b…

Issy Petrie (@IssyPetrie), the Research & Policy Officer at SVP, elaborates on the Energy and Climate Justice. In 2023, SVP provided €8.7 Million in Assistance for energy. Using MESL data this equates to supporting the energy needs for a full year for 4,062 one parent and one child families. #SocialJustice #SvpIreland #PrebudgetSubmission #energy #ClimateJustice

Niamh Dalziel, the Research & Policy Officer at SVP, speaks on Education, including early years. In 2023, SVP provided €5.3 million in assistance for education. Using MESL data, this equates to providing 12,326 2 child families with primary and post primary uniforms. #SocialJustice #SvpIreland #PrebudgetSubmission #Education

Join the team at the Vincentian MESL research centre. We're hiring a MESL Researcher (on a specific purpose contract). 🗓️Applications close on 23rd May 2025 👉 svp.ie/careers/work-w… #JobFairy

New research from @ESRIDublin finds 11% of people are living in a household with incomes below the #MESL threshold. Groups with the highest rate below #MESL include children (15%), lone parents (38%), and working-age single adults (26%).

"Lone parents, households with children, single working-age adults and renters are the groups most likely to have an income that does not meet their basic expenditure needs" 💡 Read more key findings: esri.ie/news/lone-pare… 📱 Read @RTENews coverage: rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Our #MESL Impact Briefing assessing Budget 2025 is out now. We analyse the impact of Budget 2025, applying the MESL data to examine the impact of the announced measures on income adequacy next year. The briefing is available at budgeting.ie/publications/b…

“The latest calculation of a living wage is nearly identical to last year despite higher costs in some areas like food and rent because of a combination of lower energy costs and tax changes made in the last budget,” irishtimes.com/business/2024/…

The Living Wage reflects the minimum pay needed for a full-time worker to afford essential goods and services. It’s based on real costs faced by employees in Ireland, produced by the Living Wage Technical Group, budget standards data from the Vincentian #MESL Research Centre

This is the first time the #LivingWage has fallen since calculations began a decade ago. Recent policy measures have significantly influenced this change. Without the Rent Tax Credit, the hourly rate would be 50c higher; without energy credits the rate would be 20c higher.

Living Wage Update for 2024/25: The Living Wage has decreased by 5c to €14.75 per hour. Despite this drop, the National Minimum Wage is still €2.05 less than the Living Wage. #LivingWage #LivingWageIreland buff.ly/3Xz6Fnx

The 2024/25 #LivingWage rate for Ireland will be announced on Monday 23rd September. livingwage.ie

Join Us on the 17th of October each year, we come together to demonstrate the strong bonds of solidarity between people living in poverty & people from all walks of life, & our commitment to work together to overcome extreme poverty & abuse of human rights #17octIRL #EndPoverty