Appropriate and sufficient investment is vital to a balanced and fair post-Covid recovery where no-one is left behind.
Unfortunately Budget 2022 has failed to deliver the necessary…
Budget 2022 shows that Government policy is not yet focused on achieving the objectives of reducing poverty and promoting social inclusion.
Low incomes
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As we head towards Budget Day, and as budgetary negotiations continue, possible changes to tax bands and their indexation are being mooted by some as solutions to the problem of the rising cost…
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…
