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mesl.bsky.social
Vincentian MESL Research Centre
@mesl.bsky.social
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The Vincentian MESL Research Centre at SVP is an independent unit focused on establishing the minimum cost of a life with dignity for people in Ireland. www.budgeting.ie CRA: 20013
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Vincentian MESL Research Centre @mesl.bsky.social · 19d
The 2025/26 real #LivingWage rate for Ireland will be announced on Wednesday 1st October. www.livingwage.ie
A calendar graphic noting the 1st of October as the date for the 2025/26 Living Wage for Ireland rate.
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Vincentian MESL Research Centre @mesl.bsky.social · Jun 17
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
www.budgeting.ie
Cover image of Minimum Essential Standard of Living report for 2025
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Vincentian MESL Research Centre @mesl.bsky.social · May 13
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

👉 www.svp.ie/careers/work...
We're hiring: MESL Research (Specific Purpose) Apply here: www.svp.ie/careers/work-with-us/
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Vincentian MESL Research Centre @mesl.bsky.social · Dec 20
Groups with highest rate below #MESL include children (15%), lone parents (38%), and working-age single adults (26%).

Majority of people below #MESL (72%) are also at-risk of poverty, a third (35%) experience deprivation, a quarter (23%) live in consistent poverty.

www.esri.ie/news/lone-pa...
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
www.esri.ie
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Vincentian MESL Research Centre @mesl.bsky.social · Dec 20
New @esri.ie paper finds 11% of people live in households below the Minimum Essential Standard of Living.

Children, lone parents, working age single adults and renters are the most effected.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Renters, lone parents among those mostly likely to have income that does not meet spending needs
New study finds Irish households on average need 45% of disposable weekly income, after housing costs, to cover basic expenditure
www.irishtimes.com
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Vincentian MESL Research Centre @mesl.bsky.social · Nov 21
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 www.budgeting.ie/publications/budget-2025-1/
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · Dec 5
Our @europeansocieties.bsky.social article with @surili.bsky.social is featured in today's Irish Times (@irishtimes.bsky.social) with some on-point quotes by us.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

Full paper here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616696.2023.2275592
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Vincentian MESL Research Centre @mesl.bsky.social · Dec 4
The paper also outlines a proposal for an 'Energy Guarantee' approach that is responsive to households’ minimum energy need by taking account of dwelling efficiency, energy costs & income.

www.budgeting.ie/publications...
Publications | Minimum Essentials Budget for Ireland
www.budgeting.ie
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Vincentian MESL Research Centre @mesl.bsky.social · Dec 4
#MESL Working Paper 'The cost of adequately heating the home' published.
Examines 
• cost of meeting energy need, by dwelling efficiency for 4 household types,
• burden of energy costs 
• risk of #energypoverty in social welfare and minimum wage scenarios.

www.budgeting.ie/publications...
Cover image of MESL Working Paper 'The cost of adequately heating the home'.
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