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It examineshow literacy is understood and looks at key momentsin the recent development of policy showing how adult literacy has become a central focus of Government policy in both the Republic and in Northern Ireland. It concludes that while the development of literacy has been largely influenced by economic concerns, there is a need for re-thinking policies if they are to meet a need for change in both parts of Ireland.  \nMuch has been written about adult literacy particularly its meaning, its relationship with the wider socio-political debate about education and how it might be organised. A wide variety of theories and opinions exist and there is no consensus among educators, policy makers or Governments on what should be done to promote a more inclusive literate society.  \nCrowther, Hamilton and Tett (2001, p.1) note that”definitions of what it means to be literate are always shifting”. Assumptions about what literacy is are constantly being challenged by new research and practices, which are redefining the meaning of literacy. Street (1984) defined two models for understanding literacy that he referred to as “autonomous” and “ideological”. Each of these discourses generates very different ways of thinking about literacy. The autonomous model postulates that literacy is a set of normative, unproblematic technical skills that are neutral and detached from the social context in which they are used. The ‘correct’ skills are defined or fixed (by the powerful group) and learning becomes focused on the reproduction of ‘correct’ skills learned in the classroom and which it is assumed can be easily transferred to real life situations.  \nThe alternative ideological model, sometimes called the social practices model or discourse, recognises the socio-cultural, diverse nature of literacy. Arguing for a social practices model, Hamilton (2000, p.1) notes “Literacy competence and need cannot be understood in terms of absolute levels of skills, but are relational concepts, defined by the social and communicative practices with which individuals engage in the various domains oftheir life and world”. Here power to determine content and curriculum lies primarily with the learner rather than the educational organisation. This approach responds to issues that are derived from people’s own interests and knowledge of the world. A critical approach adds a further dimension to an understanding of literacy by linking it to social and political issues in society. Shor (1991, p.15) notes “critical literacy…points to providing students not merely with functional skills, but with the conceptual tools necessary to critique and engage society along with its inequalities and injustices”. Lambe (2006, p.17) notes that in general literacy definitions reflect the ideological perspectives oftheir creators as well as the social, cultural, political and economic environment of the time, making it almost impossible to find a satisfactory and comprehensive definition that suits everybody. An examination of the development of adult literacy in Ireland shows that it has been understood in quite different ways in different contexts.  \nAdult Literacy in the Republic of Ireland  \nBailey (2006, p.199) notes that prior to the 1970s, there was no official recognition of the adult literacy problem in the Irish Republic and no commitment to equality of educational opportunity or to a critical evaluation of the effectiveness of the national school system. It was not until the publication of the Murphy Report (1973) Adult Education in Ireland that the needs of adults with ‘low literacy skills’ was fully recognised. 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