Launch of Measuring Ireland's Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022, Friday, 18th February 2022
Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 ranks comparable EU countries based on their delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Written by Prof. Charles M.A. Clark of St John’s University, NY and Dr. Catherine Kavanagh of UCC, the index compares EU countries across all UN SDGs, assesses their performance on each individual SDG and creates a ranking table for performance overall.
Register now to join us for the launch of this important report on Friday, 18th February 2022 at 1pm. CLICK HERE.
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We provide independent social analysis and evidence-based policy proposals, with the aim of creating a sustainable future for every member of society and for societies as a whole. In all of this, we focus on human rights and the common good.
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Government cost of living package fails to reach many of the most vulnerable
Those who were left behind in Budget 2022 have been left behind again in Government’s cost of living package. Government’s plan to tackle the rising cost of living proves, once again, that this Government is not focused on protecting Ireland’s most vulnerable.The failure to benchmark social welfare rates and to make tax credits refundable means that people on fixed incomes and in low paid employment, who have been most impacted by rising costs will continue to struggle. The real value of their wages or social welfare payments will continue to fall.
The cost of living crisis is an issue of adequate income. While the energy credit, changes to the working family payment, the fuel allowance, drugs payment scheme and changes to school…
Dealing with the increased cost of living
Impact of education levels on employment outcomes
GIVING A VOICE TO THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE A VOICE
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Locked out of the Market Report – For HAP tenants, the new normal is the old normal
Housing Completions 13,000 below Housing for All Target in 2021
Time to bridge the gap between climate policy and climate action
The Climate Change Advisory Council’s Annual Review 2021 is a challenging read. The review considers progress of our national climate aims in 2020 through climate change mitigation and…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more;
Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more:
Hate less, love more; and all good things will be yours.
World Inequality Report 2022
Inequality Kills - The Latest Report from Oxfam
Social welfare rates in Ireland 2011-2022
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) published an analysis of social welfare rate changes 2011-2022 in December 2021. The report looks at core social welfare rates over time, and rate changes…
European Year of Youth 2022
To mark 2022 being the European Year of Youth, Eurostat published the proportion of young people at regional level in the EU. As of the 1st January 2020, 73.6 million people or one out of every 6…
National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027
The Cost of Disability in Ireland
Numbers not adding up in Housing for All
Too Poor for Insolvency - Time for a Public PIP
