[…]across Ireland, has been sent to every TD ahead of Budget 2025 and is published today on usi.ie. In the submission, USI says the Government has the chance to shape the future of this generation of students. Last year the USI pre-Budget campaign highlighted how the Government was expected to have a €65 billion surplus over three years, the majority of which it was set to put in a rainy-day fund while students are being forced to choose between pursuing their education and securing basic living conditions. And now added to the expected surplus is the €13 billion Apple has […]
[…]registered over 18,000 students – that poll saw the largest youth voter turn-out for any vote in the history of the state. During the campaign, USI led Students for Choice, which travelled the country in the ‘Repeal Mobile’ registering students and encouraging students to ‘call their grannies’ and students turned out in huge numbers to vote yes. As we mark three years since we repealed the eighth and look ahead to the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, USI is calling for the review to be open and transparent and allow for the perspectives of […]
[…]not being enshrined in our constitution, and put back into our own hands.” The following key findings emerged: 60% of those who completed the poll indicated a preference to vote ‘on request’ (‘without restriction as to reasons’) which mirrored the 64% of the Citizens’ Assembly Only 5% of the Citizens’ Assembly voted for access on request without any gestational limits, where 21% of respondents to Amnesty Ireland poll supported access on request without gestational limits. Support for access to abortion in cases of a risk to health of the woman was higher in this poll (89%) than in the Citizens’ […]
[…]to be reflective of the student society at the moment in Ireland. We’re looking forward to gaining a better insight into students’ sexual experiences and how we can best move forward with the ‘Consent Framework’”. [ENDS] The survey can be found at www.usi.ie/SES Notes: The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) represent over 374,000 students across the island of Ireland The SHAG acronym stands for Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance. The SHAG packs are funded by HSE Sexual Health Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP). SHAG week is a week-long Campaign Roadshow where USI and support services will be visiting IT […]
