Challenges facing the Social Insurance Fund

A new paper from the Parliamentary Budget Office provides an overview of the Social Insurance Fund’s (SIF) operations, income and expenditure trends, and highlights key risks to its long-term sustainability. The SIF faces several threats, including demographic pressures, economic fluctuations, and policy changes. The SIF's income and expenditure are subject to considerable volatility. During periods of reduced employment, the SIF experiences both a decline in income and an increase in expenditure.
A new paper from the Parliamentary Budget Office provides an overview of the Social Insurance Fund’s (SIF) operations, income and expenditure trends, and highlights key risks to its long-term sustainability. The SIF faces several…
Time to put fairness at heart of budget policy

National Climate Risk Assessment

GIVING A VOICE TO THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE A VOICE
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The Rich-Poor and Middle-Poor Gap

Distributive Analysis of Government Tax and Welfare Measures, 2020-2025

Distributive Analysis of Budget 2025’s Cost-of-Living and Tax-Benefit Measures

Budget 2025, announced in October 2024, was the final budget of the outgoing coalition Government and was presented as some aspects of the cost-of-living crisis continued to challenge households…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

“We tend to forget that happiness does not come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognising and appreciating what we do have.”
Increase in overall tax take necessary

National Energy Balance 2024

Basic Income for Artists continues to have a positive impact

In a newly commissioned report on the Basic Income for the Arts (BIA), more than 50 recipients were interviewed by a sociologist to talk about the changes that the BIA has brought to their lives…
Budgetary policy 2020-2025 has led to increased income gaps

Budget 2025 marked the fifth and final Budget of the coalition Government that held office from 2020-2025. This year’s edition of our analysis of the distributive effects of budget policy offers…
Child Deprivation in Ireland: Single-parent and renter households disproportionately affected

National Biodiversity Week Ireland 2025: Celebrating Nature and Embracing Global Action

National Volunteering Week 2025: Building Community Together

Time for Government to put fairness first and deliver positive change
