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…
At the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference, held in Copenhagen, developed countries promised to provide $30 billion for the period 2010-2012, and to mobilize long-term finance of a further $…
Our pre-budget submission, 'Budget Choices 2022' contains detailed, fully-costed Budgetary packages across more than a dozen policy areas including health, housing, education, welfare,…
Our pre-budget submission ‘Budget Choices 2022’ outlines why expenditure will have to rise if the housing strategy, the climate change strategy and the revised national development plan are…
A recent report from the CSO, Domestic Building Energy Ratings from a Social Perspective 2016 examined data from the last census to identify households that have the least energy efficient homes…
Mitigating the impact of Covid-19 learning loss on our children and young people requires significant, long-term resourcing.
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the announcement…
The latest release from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicates that Ireland's population is now over 5 million as of April 2021, the highest since 1851.
While almost two thirds of…
The prospect of people on social welfare being left behind for a third successive budget is very concerning. A lesson from past experiences of economic recovery and growth is that the…
