ALONE Submission to the Department of Social Protection Strategy 2025-2028

ALONE provided input to the Department of Social Protection’s forthcoming Statement of Strategy 2025-2028 in March 2025. ALONE made five key recommendations for commitments that should be included in the Department’s new statement of strategy, including; 

1. To provide sufficient access to in-person services. 
2. To increase awareness of certain benefits and entitlements and their eligibility criteria.  
3. To ensure ease of access to social protection supports by reducing the administrative burden on the user. 
4. To enhance cross-departmental working and communication as part of Budgetary and strategic processes. 
5. To publish materials relating to benchmarking the State pension and other payments and implement the commitments to benchmarking laid out in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion and the Roadmap to Pensions Reform. 
6. To invest in research to deliver evidence-informed policy. 

This submission provides further information and clear, evidence-based examples of how these recommendations can be practically applied.  

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