Directive Principles of Social Policy
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Directive Principles of Social Policy ![]()
- Constitution of Ireland
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Directive Principles of Social Policy
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| DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL POLICY
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| Article 45
The principles of social policy set forth
in this Article are intended for the general guidance of the Oireachtas. The
application of those principles in the making of laws shall be the care of the
Oireachtas exclusively, and shall not be cognisable by any Court under any of
the provisions of this Constitution.
1. The State shall strive to promote the welfare of
the whole people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social
order in which justice and charity shall inform all the institutions of the
national life.
2. The State shall, in particular, direct its policy
towards securing:
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That the citizens
(all of whom, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of
livelihood) may through their occupations find the means of making reasonable
provision for their domestic needs.
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That the ownership
and control of the material resources of the community may be so distributed
amongst private individuals and the various classes as best to subserve the
common good.
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That, especially, the
operation of free competition shall not be allowed so to develop as to result
in the concentration of the ownership or control of essential commodities in a
few individuals to the common detriment.
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That in what pertains
to the control of credit the constant and predominant aim shall be the welfare
of the people as a whole.
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That there may be
established on the land in economic security as many families as in the
circumstances shall be practicable.
3. 1° The State shall favour and, where necessary,
supplement private initiative in industry and commerce.
2° The State shall endeavour to secure that private enterprise shall
be so conducted as to ensure reasonable efficiency in the production and
distribution of goods and as to protect the public against unjust exploitation.
4. 1° The State pledges itself to safeguard with
especial care the economic interests of the weaker sections of the community,
and, where necessary, to contribute to the support of the infirm, the widow,
the orphan, and the aged.
2° The State shall endeavour to ensure that the strength and health of
workers, men and women, and the tender age of children shall not be abused and
that citizens shall not be forced by economic necessity to enter avocations
unsuited to their sex, age or strength.
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