The MESL – A Reference Budget Twenty-Two Years in the Making
This webinar, from the 9th December 2021, focused on the present, past and future of the VPSJ’s Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) reference budget research in Ireland.
The session included discussion of the development and impact of the MESL research, a presentation of the findings from the 2021 MESL analysis, and a view to the future continuation and development of the MESL and budget standards research in Ireland.
Programme
Welcome and Introduction | Bernadette Mac Mahon |
The Rediscovery of Budget Standards | Jonathan Bradshaw |
Robert Thornton | |
The Past: MESL 1999 - 2001 | Bernadette Mac Mahon |
Bríd O’Brien | |
The Future: | Donald Hirsch & Matt Padley |
Paul Ginnell | |
Nessan Vaughan | |
Bernadette Mac Mahon | |
Questions & Answers | Panellists |
Conclusion, Thanks & Close | Bernadette Mac Mahon |