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| Title: | Pavee Point pre-budget 2013 report |
| Authors: | Pavee Point Travellers Centre |
| Publisher: | Pavee Point Travellers Centre |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/248955 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | Pavee Point is a non-government organisation, which is committed to human rights for
Travellers and Roma. The organisation comprises Travellers, Roma and members of the
majority population working in partnership to address the needs of Travellers and Roma,
who as minority ethnic groups experience exclusion and marginalisation.
Travellers and Roma are among the most marginalised groups in Irish society and along
with other marginalised groups have been disproportionately impacted by austerity
measures. In this context, Pavee Point’s priority for the next budget is ensuring adequate
incomes of the poorest individuals and families, along with the availability of high quality,
intercultural public services. This entails the application of equality, anti-racist and human
rights principles to budget decision-making. Given the role that the community sector plays
in supporting marginalised groups, this budget should also support and invest in community
sector initiatives that support Roma and Traveller inclusion.
Pavee Point acknowledges the serious financial situation in which Ireland finds itself and the
obligations that Ireland has to the EU/ECB/IMF. It is clear that tough budgetary decisions
will have to be taken. In this context, we welcome the restatement of the commitment to
protect the most vulnerable in the EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland. We
also want to note Ireland’s human rights obligations and duties to ensure people have
access to rights such as education, health and accommodation in a non-discriminatory
manner. Likewise, as outlined in General Comment No 19 on the Right to Social Security,
the State must ensure sufficient access to a social security scheme to provide a minimum
level of payment as to enable people ‘to acquire essential health care, basic shelter and
housing, water and sanitation, foodstuffs, and the most basic forms of education.’ While the
human rights framework and treaty documents clarify that State actions can only take place
within the context of available resources, it is important to ensure that decisions made in
relation to the use of these available resources are based on human rights principles,
including non-discrimination. |
| Keywords: | TRAVELLERS AND GYPSIES
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FINANCE |
| Appears in Collections: | Pavee Point
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