ESN members from Ireland identify the most important common challenges facing social services, relating to three principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and recommendations for the 2023 European Semester.

Significant national investment is required to improve access to childcare for families. There is an urgent need for the Irish Government to recognise the unsustainable pressures present in home care and make available dedicated state funding to tackle the challenges in recruiting and retaining staff. A Nordic approach to counting homelessness and how this data is used should also be adopted to guide government housing policy and intervention design, currently lacking in Ireland.

The full report, with cross-country analysis of all the participating countries is available here.

Download ESN's analysis and recommendations to improve the social situation in Ireland here.