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This country has come a long way since we introduced the State guarantee 18 months ago. Back then, our banks were on the brink of financial collapse and our economy had gone into reverse. Revenue…
Social Justice Ireland statement on NAMA and related issues.
Key Points in Statement:Government’s approach to resolving…
POVERTY is something we cannot afford, according to the European Commissioner for employment, social affairs and inclusion.
In a report in the Irish Examiner Ann Cahill points…
Some legislators in Ireland are still working with illusions when it comes to measuring poverty. A meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs on March 25, 2010 saw a number of…
Judging by their actions in recent days European leaders seem to be abandoning the most vulnerable people in Europe. At its meeting on March 25/6, 2010 the European Council failed to set targets…
In a presentation to the Oireachtas Committee today, March 25, 2010, Social Justice Ireland has called on the Taoiseach and the Irish Government to ensure that the European…
The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling on the European Commission to analyse the possibility of introducing a tax on financial transactions such as a Tobin Tax or a Robin Hood Tax…
Ireland could and should have a Universal Pension for everyone over 65. it could be paid for principally by standard rating the current tax-break for private pensions. More than 80% of benefit of…
Irish Government's Pensions Framework Deeply FlawedThe Government’s new pensions framework is deeply flawed. This can be seen, for example, in the fact that 47,000 older…