Estimating the MESL costs for families in Direct Provision

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This is a working paper from the Vincentian MESL Research Centre which has conducted research on the minimum essential standard of living (MESL) since 2004. The paper outlines the findings of the first, desk-based, stage of a project to establish the MESL needs for families with children living in the Irish Direct Provision system. It will inform a subsequent stage … Read More

Author(s):Vincentian MESL Research Centre
Publisher:Vincentian MESL Research Centre
Publication Date:10 May 2023
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The Politics of Migration, Church, and State: A Case Study of the Catholic Church in Ireland

Abstract This article investigates the ways in which a shift from post-colonial nation building to neoliberal state restructuring has shaped church and Irish state relations regarding migrant welfare. It develops the extensive work of Bäckström and Davie (Welfare and Religion in 21st Century Europe: Configuring the Connections, Vol. 1. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate 2010) and Bäckström et al. (Welfare and Religion … Read More

Author(s):Breda Gray
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons
Publication Date:29 Apr 2015
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imre.12165/abstract
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Person or Number? 2


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Abstract: A follow on to the 2012 report, Person or Number? 2 was jointly compiled by Nasc, Crosscare Migrant Project, FLAC, Doras Luimni, and Dublin City Citizens Information Service. Four years on from the first cases studies gathered for Person or Number?, NGOs continue to assist migrants with persisting issues and challenges in accessing social protection. Person or Number? 2 … Read More

Author(s):Crosscare, Doras Luimní, Nasc, FLAC and Dublin City Centre Citizens Information Service
Publisher:Crosscare, Doras Luimní, Nasc, FLAC and Dublin City Centre Citizens Information Service
Publication Date:20 Jan 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 1 906485 18 4
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Migrant Access to Social Security and Healthcare: Policies and Practice in Ireland


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Abstract This study on Migrant Access to Social Security and Healthcare: Policies and Practice in Ireland aims to increase understanding of how the Irish social security system, including healthcare, operates in respect of non-Irish workers and their families. It provides an overview of the welfare system in Ireland, outlining policies and administrative practices that influence migrant access to social security, … Read More

Author(s):Emma Quinn, Egle Gusciute, Alan Barrett, Corona Joyce
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:17 Jul 2014
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0365 8
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Mental Health of Children Born to Immigrant Parents in Ireland: A Pilot Study

Abstract Abstract The ethnic profile in Ireland has changed in recent years with an increase in the number of immigrant families. No previous studies have examined mental health issues in immigrant children in Ireland. This study aimed to examine the rates of psychological disturbance in a sample of second-generation immigrant children and to compare them with a group of Irish … Read More

Author(s):Tawfik Masaud, Maria Dunne and Norbert Skokauskas
Publisher:Springer US
Publication Date:04 Jul 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10597-014-9738-3
ISBN:null
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Migrant Access to Social Security and Healthcare: Policies and Practice: EMN Inform


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This EMN Inform summarises the main findings of the EMN Study on Migrant access to social security and healthcare: policies and practice. Key points to note: The equal treatment provisions contained in the EU’s Migration Directives have influenced national legislation and practice, in particular as regards the social security rights of third-country nationals holding long-term residence permit and EU Blue … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:03 Jul 2014
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Migrant Access to Social Security and Healthcare: Policies and Practice: EMN Synthesis Report


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Abstract The overall objective of the study is to map the policies and administrative practices that shape third-country nationals’ access to social security, including healthcare.  The study aims to outline the formal EU and national rules that shape entitlements to social security and healthcare for third-country nationals in EU Member States and examines how these entitlements compare to the entitlements … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:03 Jul 2014
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Immigrants and Welfare Receipt in Ireland

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the rates of receipt of welfare for immigrants and natives in Ireland, to see if the outcome is consistent with the operation of a policy which was designed to limit immigrant access to welfare. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use micro-data from the Irish component European Union Survey on Income and … Read More

Author(s):Alan Barrett, Corona Joyce and Bertrand Maitre (ESRI)
Publisher:Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
Publication Date:24 Apr 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17086798&show=abstract
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Not Fair Enough: Making the case for reform of the social welfare appeals system


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Not Fair Enough sets out the operation of the Social Welfare Appeals Office and charts the increase in the workload of the office as well as looking at the challenges facing it in terms of limited resources and delays. The report also summarises some of the main difficulties facing appellants and their advocates when they come into contact with the … Read More

Author(s):Free Legal Advice Centres
Publisher:Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
Publication Date:24 Oct 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:1873532210
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Welfare and Immigration


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This paper contains a review of the economics literature on the issue of the relationship between immigration and welfare. The review is organised around two questions. First, are immigrants, especially low-skilled immigrants, attracted to welfare-generous states? Second, are immigrants more likely to be recipients of welfare compared to natives? The evidence with respect to both questions suggests that the more … Read More

Author(s):Alan Barrett (ESRI)
Publisher:Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
Publication Date:05 Jul 2012
Geographic Focus:European
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Person or Number?


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The report examines the barriers experienced by immigrant residents of Ireland when they apply for social protection.It is based on a sample of the experiences of 54 immigrant applicants accessing social protection, which were provided by six NGOs nationwide.   Person or Number? has two key aims, firstly to offer stakeholders an opportunity to pause and see some of the issues … Read More

Author(s):Nasc, Crosscare Migrant Project and Doras Luimní
Publisher:Nasc, Crosscare Migrant Project and Doras Luimní
Publication Date:21 Feb 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 1 906485 16 0
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All. A legal analysis of the direct provision and dispersal system in Ireland, 10 years on.


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In 2003, FLAC recommended that the scheme of direct provision should be “abandoned immediately”; however, seven years on the same situation continues. In this report FLAC revisits the scheme of direct provision and dispersal in the context of changes in social welfare legislation, the reduction in the number of asylum seekers and the long periods of time people remain in … Read More

Author(s):Free Legal Advice Centres
Publisher:Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
Publication Date:18 Dec 2010
Geographic Focus:Irish
ISBN:1873532172
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Responses of the Social Work Profession to Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum in the Republic of Ireland

The Republic of Ireland is rapidly developing immigration legislation and policies to respond to its relatively new status as a destination for asylum seekers and refugees within the European Union. New political definitions of asylum seekers and refugees are being constructed in a country with its own history of mass emigration. At the same time, the economic growth that is … Read More

Author(s):Alistair Christie
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:28 Jun 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/714053068
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‘Unkind Cuts’: Health Policy and Practice versus the Health and Emotional Well-Being of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Ireland

Healthcare is the keystone of a number of complex progressive social justice issues that evoke complex emotions. As the demography of Ireland rapidly changes, the practices and expectations of some asylum-seekers and others seeking refugee status present new opportunities and challenges for health-service providers. This paper looks at some of the emotions evoked in healthcare issues. It draws on observations … Read More

Author(s):Katy Radford
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:25 Jun 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691831003643348
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Family Support through Childcare Services: Meeting the Needs of Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Families

This article is a summary of the research carried out in relation to the experiences of asylum-seeking and refugee families regarding access and participation in local childcare services. Focus groups and interviews were carried out with 16 refugee and asylum-seeking parents, five childcare practitioners, and two support and development staff in a small, mainly rural county, in the northwest of … Read More

Author(s):Nicola Dolan and Catherine Sherlock
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:20 Apr 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13575270903493382
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Immigration, Integration and the Risks of Social Exclusion: The Social Policy Case for Disaggregated Data in the Republic of Ireland

This article makes the case for improved small area data on socio-spatial segregation and social exclusion in Ireland that is comprehensively disaggregated by nationality and ethnicity. We argue that disaggregated data are crucial if the complex effects of immigration are to be understood and effective policy developed. This article examines two case studies of relatively deprived areas in Dublin that … Read More

Author(s):Neil O'Boyle and Brian Fanning
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:23 Jul 2009
Geographic Focus:Dublin, Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00750770903112795
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Immigrants and Welfare Programmes: Exploring the Interactions between Immigrant Characteristics, Immigrant Welfare Dependence and Welfare Policy

The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the papers within the economics literature that have examined the questions of immigrant welfare use and the responsiveness of immigrants to the incentives created by welfare systems. While our focus is largely on papers looking at the European case, we also draw on studies from the United States, … Read More

Author(s):Alan Barrett and Yvonne McCarthy
Publisher:Oxford Journals
Publication Date:01 Sep 2008
Geographic Focus:European
URL:http://oxrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/3/542
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Refugees and Social Policy

This article provides a description and analysis of current social policy regarding refugees, an overview of its historical development and a discussion of current and future issues in the field. The book Contemporary Irish Social Policy is intended especially as a textbook for students of social policy, it is also a basic reference book for anyone wishing to gain an … Read More

Author(s):Joe Moran
Publisher:UCD Press
Publication Date:19 Apr 2005
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.ucdpress.ie/display.asp?K=9781904558309&aub=Suzanne%20Quin&m=1&dc=5
ISBN:1904558305
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Child Poverty as Public Policy: Direct Provision and Asylum Seeker Children in the Republic of Ireland

This paper evaluates responses to asylum seeker children in Ireland from a child poverty perspective and from that of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It draws upon research undertaken in early 2001 on behalf of the Irish Refugee Council among asylum seeker families with children in Cork, Limerick and Ennis on their experiences of poverty … Read More

Author(s):Bryan Fanning and Angela Veale
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:01 Jan 2004
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1357527042000244374
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