A recent report from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) highlights the impacts of Covid-19 on unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, and warns that the "withdrawal of income supports…
So, what is the Budget?
It is the amount of money the Government has to spend each year, and what it decides to spend it on. On Budget Day, the Government will give a…
The future of rural Ireland is under threat as it tries to deal with the consequences of Brexit, COVID-19, and our climate crisis. How Ireland ensures rural areas and regions are supported…
As at Census 2016, there were a reported 635,567 over 65s in Ireland [1]. This is projected to have increased to over 740,000 by 2021 [2], or almost 15 per cent of the population.…
The latest report from the Living Wage Technical Group is that the hourly Living Wage has increased by 60c per hour, from €12.30 to €12.90.
The increase in housing costs has been the main…
Like the recent Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the findings of the United in Science 2021 report are stark.
Rising global…
The Government's Housing for All Strategy committed to considering an extension to the Help to Buy Scheme for first time buyers, due to expire in 31 December 2021, and to reviewing it to ensure…
Government can, and must honour the commitment in the Programme for Government to pilot a Universal Basic Income in the October Budget. A fitting way for Government to mark International…
The pandemic highlighted the real impact of Ireland’s housing crisis, and the benefit of implementing progressive housing policies.
The Government has published its long awaited housing…
The Covid 19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of ensuring the provision of the myriad of services that are required for well-being.
The pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of…
