Given the current state of government finances, a review of Ireland’s approach to tax expenditures is urgently needed.
Tax expenditures - or tax reliefs, as they are often known - are…
Budget 2022 provides an opportunity to ensure that our investment strategy supports the ambition of the climate action plan, a just transition to a green economy, emission reductions, and builds a…
People should be assured of the required treatment and care in their times of illness and vulnerability. The standard of care is dependent to a great degree on the resources made available,…
Investment in the regions is vital to a balanced and fair post-Covid recovery. Rural Ireland faces many challenges, including an older population, higher rates of part-time employment,…
The provision of adequate and appropriate accommodation must be a key element of delivering a Fairer Recovery. As the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis continues, it is becoming more and more…
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…
Budget 2022 offers an opportunity for Government to reform some aspects of the current taxation system in the interests of enhancing fairness and sustainability. Budget 2022 is an opportunity to…
Statistics produced by Safe Ireland indicate that during, September to December 2020, an average of 2,018 women and 550 children received support from a domestic, sexual and gender-based violence…
Though Ireland faces a number of significant challenges, it is important to remember that those in much poorer countries face a far worse situation.
Budget 2021 allocated €867m in overseas…
Government must act urgently on the White Paper on the Elimination of Direct Provision, starting with Budget 2022. As of May 2020, there were 7,700 people living in the Direct Provision…
