Social Justice Ireland welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the consultation process on a referendum on a Right to Housing. We believe strongly in the importance of developing…
Several energy companies have announced increases in the past few months, adding to the cost of living crisis. This will, of course, impact almost every household in the country. But some more…
The Covid-19 pandemic transformed the employment landscape in Ireland and remote working is now an integral feature of our working lives. ‘Making Remote Work’ – the national remote working…
The CSO have recently published their thirteenth SDG update, ‘Ireland's UN SDGs – Goal 13 Climate Action, 2021’. Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG 13) is about taking urgent action…
Rising costs are affecting everyone in Irish society. We know that those most hurt are households on low incomes, people on low hourly wages or on a fixed income (social welfare payment). …
A robust social dialogue process is urgently required to deal with the many multi-faceted and integrated challenges that Ireland faces. These challenges will not be resolved overnight, but…
Addressing the cost of living crisis must be a key feature of Budget 2023. According to data received from the Central Statistics Office, there are 167,400 employees reporting earning the…
The experience of the last decade has highlighted the centrality of taxation in budget deliberations and to policy development. Taxation plays a key role in shaping Irish society through funding…
As of January 2022, there were 8,582 people living in the Direct Provision system spread across 73 locations, comprising both main centres and emergency accommodation. In contrast and addition to…
Budget 2023 has been flagged by the Taoiseach as a ’cost of living budget’ and Social Justice Ireland believes that it is important that the Budget should strategically approach taxation…
