The President of Clare St Vincent de Paul insists the charity’s new budget package would facilitate people in Clare and elsewhere to lead a life free of poverty.
SVP have proposed a new budget package which outlines five main pillars for eliminating poverty including adequate social welfare, access to decent work, quality public services, a just transition to a low carbon society and budgetary decisions assistance.
Last year in Clare, there were almost 3,400 requests for assistance from SVP which was a 20% increase on the previous year, with homelessness still accounting for a significant number of those calls.
President of Clare SVP, Denis Carty, says the pandemic had a huge impact on people in the county as they had higher utility bills, had to invest in technology for home schooling and faced mortgage and rent issues due to unemployment.
