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Homelessness reaches new record high

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Latest figures from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government make for depressing reading, as homelessness in Ireland has reached another all-time high. Most shockingly, the…

Basic Income - The Time is Now

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On the 23rd January 2018, the Council of Europe voted in favour of a resolution to adopt a Universal Basic Income with a 52 per cent majority reportedly based on a resolution adopted by the…

People of working age far less likely to have a job the further they are from Dublin

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The proportion of people of working age in the regions further away from Dublin that have jobs has fallen by far more than on the eastern side of the country since the financial crisis.…

Now is the time to introduce Refundable Tax Credits

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Yesterday, Social Justice Ireland published Poverty Focus 2018, a new annual publication that looks at the figures behind poverty in Ireland. This year’s edition of Poverty…

Multinationals paying lower tax rates than before the financial crisis

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A report published by the Financial Times has found that large multinationals are paying significantly lower tax rates than they were before the financial crisis.

Companies’ effective tax…

Public Housing Provision – Cost Rental as an affordable, sustainable solution

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Social Justice Ireland welcomes the recent discussion and developments towards the introduction of a cost rental model in Ireland and urge Government to ensure that any pilot scheme is delivered…

Vision for Community Wellbeing - Resources

Presentation and Links to Support PPNs to Develop a Vision for Community Wellbeing - Click on the Image to open.

OECD criticises Ireland's failure to tackle most pressing social needs

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A report published yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has criticised Ireland’s performance in key areas such as health and housing.

In its latest…

Minimum Effective Rate of Corporation Tax would increase the fairness and sustainability of tax regime

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In January of this year, Social Justice Ireland made our submission to the Department of Finance on the implications of the recently published Review of Ireland’s Corporation Tax Code.…

Consultation on the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion - it’s all in the framing.

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The consultation on the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2018 to 2021 has been released by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection with a closing date of 16th March…