Access to appropriate education and skills development from early years to adulthood is one of the key public services that enables participation in society, public life and the labour market.…
Many changes have taken place within the private rental market over the last 2 years. The travel restrictions in place resulted in many short term lets converting to longer term lets. The…
The latest data from the CSO shows that just 20,433 dwellings were built in 2021, 93 less than 2020 and almost 13,000 less than the Housing for All target of 33,000. One in every four new…
The Climate Change Advisory Council’s Annual Review 2021 is a challenging read. The review considers progress of our national climate aims in 2020 through climate change mitigation and…
The World Inequality Report 2022, released in December 2021 gives up to date insights into income and wealth distribution across the world. The report gathers together in one place data from all…
In advance of the World Economic Forum in Davos each year, Oxfam produce their report on global inequality. This year was no exception, and the report focuses on the rise in inequality in the…
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) published an analysis of social welfare rate changes 2011-2022 in December 2021. The report looks at core social welfare rates over time, and rate…
To mark 2022 being the European Year of Youth, Eurostat published the proportion of young people at regional level in the EU. As of the 1st January 2020, 73.6 million people or one out of every 6…
The Government has recently published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People, 2022-2027. The stated vision for the strategy is "To facilitate disabled people to live independently…
The Cost of Disability in Ireland – Final Report has been published by the Department of Social Protection. This detail of this study, which commenced in 2019, is very welcome and should…
