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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025
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The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 - 2025: Ambition, Goals and Commitments was published in January 2020. It is the successor to the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion which concluded at the end of 2017 and is the latest in a series of such plans dating back to 1997.
The Roadmap for Social Inclusion builds on the work of its predecessors with the aim of reducing the number of people in consistent poverty in Ireland and increasing social inclusion for those who are most disadvantaged. This is reflected in its ambition to “Reduce consistent poverty to 2% or less and to make Ireland one of the most socially inclusive countries in the EU”.
The Roadmap for Social Inclusion is an overarching statement of Government strategy, which acknowledges the range of sectoral plans already in place that have social inclusion as a core objective, in areas such as education, health, children and childcare, community development and housing. These plans remain key to ensuring that social inclusion is at the core of public policy and service strategy across all government departments and services.
Progress towards the Roadmap goals are set out in annual Progress Reports, with associated Report Cards which detail progress on each of the 81 Roadmap commitments (originally 69 commitments).
The Roadmap committed to an independent mid-term review of the Roadmap at the mid-point. The intention was to carry out a mid-term review of the existing strategy, align it with developments since publication and identify priorities for the remaining duration of the strategy, rather than develop a new strategy. The Department of Social Protection appointed Ipsos to undertake independent stakeholder engagement to inform the mid-term review, which included a public consultation exercise (in September 2022 and October 2022), details of which can be found here. Under the joint Poverty and Social Inclusion research programme with the Department of Social Protection, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) undertook a review of the indicators used to measure progress against Roadmap ambitions and goals for the mid-term review. The Mid-term Review Report for the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 was published, alongside the Ipsos and ESRI reports, at the 2023 Social Inclusion Forum.
Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments
Main document for the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Summary of Ambition, Goals, Commitments
Summary Strategy for the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Appendix 2 - Trends in Social Inclusion Data for the period 2010-2018
Appendix 2 of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Trends in Social Inclusion Data for the period 2010-2018
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Appendix 3 - Glossary
Appendix 3 of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Glossary
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Appendix 4 - EU and international initiatives
Appendix 4 of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: EU and international initiatives
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments - First Progress Report (January 2020 to September 2021)
The first report (January 2020 to September 2021) on progress towards the achievement of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 goals
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments - First Report Card (January 2020 to September 2021)
The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 First Report Card sets out the status for each commitment for the period from January 2020 to September 2021
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments - Second Progress Report (October 2021 to June 2022)
The second report (October 2021 to June 2022) on progress towards the achievement of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 goals
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments - Second Report Card (October 2021 to June 2022)
The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 Second Report Card sets out the status for each of the commitment for the period from October 2021 to June 2022
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments - Third Progress Report (July 2022 to June 2023)
The third report (July 2022 to June 2023) on progress towards the achievement of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 goals
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments - Third Report Card (July 2022 to June 2023)
The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 Third Report Card sets out the status for each commitment for the period from July 2022 to June 2023
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion: Mid-term Review Report
Mid-term Review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025
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Roadmap for Social Inclusion: Mid-term Review - Ipsos Report
Mid-Term Review Of The Roadmap For Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Report on Stakeholder Consultation from Ipsos
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