A United Nations report has strongly criticized the Government’s policy of making major cuts in public services while keeping Ireland a low-tax country. The report states that this approach hits…
The OECD published its Economic Outlook #89 on May 25, 2011. Material made available on the web may be accessed here.
On the same day the OECD published an economic forecast…
The OECD published an economic forecast summary for Ireland on May 25, 2011 as part of its Economic Outlook #89 published on the same day
Ireland is continuing to undertake a comprehensive…
The global recovery is becoming self-sustained and more broad based. The recovery is taking place at
different speeds, between advanced and emerging economies, but also within the first…
Social Justice Ireland has strongly criticised a proposal from the OECD that unemployment payments should be reduced over time to encourage unemployed people to take up employment. The vast…
Background.
A three-year EFF arrangement with access of SDR 19.5 billion was approved on
December 16, 2010. Following elections on February 25, a new coalition government with a …
A more comprehensive European approach to dealing with the region's debt crisis is needed to help Ireland regain access to debt markets, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday May 20…
Spending on long-term care in OECD countries is set to double, even triple, by 2050, driven by ageing populations. Governments need to make their long-term care policies more affordable and…
Social Justice Ireland believes the Government’s ‘Jobs Initiative’ is far too small to make any impact of substance on Ireland’s record level of long-term unemployment. The proposals…
The Irish Government published a Jobs Initiative on May 10, 2011. This initiative honoured a commitment contained in the Programme for Government.
"It is just under 9 weeks since the new…