Working Notes - Issue 55: The Election Issue

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The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice is pleased to announce the publication of Working Notes: THE ELECTION ISSUE. This issue has been designed to assist people make an informed choice in the General Election on May 24th. Each article analyses and identifies successes and failures in a number of policy areas.

This edition is particularly important as the articles draw attention to a range of issues that illustrate the continuance, and in some cases the exacerbation, in the Ireland of today of some long-established forms of inequality.

The opening article highlights why there is a need to place the common good before self interest, Voting in Pursuit of Justice, to challenge inequality and poverty in our society. Addressing inequality today not only requires reducing income inequality: it necessitates improving the overall provision and standard of social services, targeting those in particular need.

In the forthcoming General Election, politicians and people have the chance to signal their commitment to realising the ‘social dividend’ of Irish economic growth and to creating a fairer and more inclusive society.

All the articles express the need for a strong vision in the development of social provision and policy, which should value those it serves.

For further inquires and information contact:
Eoin Carroll
Advocacy and Social Policy Research Officer
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26 Upper Sherrard Street, Dublin 1.