With much focus at present on income tax, and the potential for changes in the forthcoming budget it is worthwhile in looking at the distribution of budgetary income tax changes to date. …
Core social welfare rates must increase by €25 in Budget 2024, and Government must commit to benchmarking social welfare rates to average weekly earnings if it is to have any impact on reducing…
Eurostat have published their 2023 Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context. This Report gives a overview of the progress the European Union is making towards the…
Social Justice Ireland co-founders Dr Seán Healy and Sr Brigid Reynolds have been awarded the prestigious Dr Mary Redmond Honorary Award for their outstanding commitment to promoting…
Ireland is the second most food secure country in the world, ranking behind Finland out of 113 countries, according to the Global Food Security Index 2022 (The Economist Group, 2022). The Index…
According to the most recent data from the CSO, environmental subsidies and similar transfers in Ireland were €1.5 billion in 2021, which was an increase of €327 million, or 29 per cent, compared…
Directly related to the cost-of-living crisis, indeed one of the main drivers, is the cost of energy. More than half (59.5 per cent) of the increase in inflation to January 2023 was caused by…
The central message from the Roundtable on Migrations in Our Common Home latest policy brief is that Ireland’s existing approach to international protection is not fit for purpose. It is time to…
Despite progress on the issue over the past two decades, there is still considerable poverty in Ireland. Driven by increases in social welfare payments, particularly payments to the unemployed,…
