Fourth regressive Budget in a row
Budget 2015 is the fourth regressive budget in a row. While it contains a number of welcome initiatives and positive developments,…
Budget 2015 should:
Increase the PAYE tax credit and welfare rates by €5 a week.
Increase the PAYE tax credit and welfare…
The 17th October is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The Irish 17 October Committee is holding a commemorative event at 11am close to the Famine Memorial on Custom House Quay…
Social Justice Ireland will present our analysis and critique of Budget 2015 at a briefing at 2.30 pm in Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street on Wednesday 15th…
Some income tax proposals currently being considered by Government should be rejected because they would give far greater benefit to people earning higher incomes while giving…
By 2025 the number of people living in Ireland aged over 85 years will have doubled. One clear implication of this will be additional demand for healthcare services and facilities. This is just…
Reducing taxes is not Social Justice Ireland's priority for Budget 2015. Any available money should be used to improve Ireland's social services and infrastructure, reduce poverty and…
New research on the total amount of tax Irish people pay finds that the poorest 10% of households pay a larger share of their income in tax than the richest 10%. When income tax and indirect…
16 per cent of adults living in poverty are employed – these are the working poor.
Numbers living in poverty have increased by 120,000 since…
756,591 people are living in poverty in Ireland according to the latest CSO statistics published today..
Even though the poverty line fell by 15…