Thought for the day
“If a patient is a believer, terminal illness can be a stepping-stone for personal growth by following one’s beliefs. If one is a non-believer, then friends need to show a compassionate attitude as far as possible, and share one’s problems.”
(The Dalai Lama)
Socially Networked
Budget 2011 - Relevant documents and some issues
Information on some of the issues relevant to Budget 2011 addressed on this website can be accessed here. Likewise some of the key context-setting documents. They include the following:
- Social Justice Ireland's analysis of Ireland's taxation situation (level, base, proposals for change) can be accessed here.
- Social Justice Ireland's analysis of how Ireland came to be in its present mess and how it should be addressed can be accessed here.
- Budget adjustment must not be achieved by cuts alone
- New 'universal social contribution' must not hit the poor
- Tax credits can be made refundable for €140m
- Tax wedge rises in Ireland but still far below the OECD average
- Act Now on 2015 campaign to deliver Ireland's Overseas Development Aid promise supported by Social Justsice Ireland
- Full text of Bord Snip Nua Report Vol. 1 available here
- Full text of Bord Snip Nua Report Vol. 2 available here
- Full text of Commission on Taxation Report 2009 available here
- Details of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabiliities established July 2010
- Revised Estimates 2010
- Department of Finance Exchequer Statements are available here.
- Text of ESRI publication - Recovery Scenarios for Ireland: an Update prepared by Bergin/Confrey/Fitz Gerald/Kearney is available here.
- Expert Group Report on resource allocation, financing and sustainability in health care 2010
