Time to Deliver on the National Broadband Plan
As part of the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, schools, colleges, training centres and workplaces all closed…
In response to the question 'Which three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) do you think require the most urgent action?' over 500 experts representing business, government, NGOs…
Poverty Focus 2021 analyses the contribution that increases to welfare payments and supports have made to recent reductions in the headline poverty risk measure. While progress in reducing poverty…
The Pensions Commission has completed its public consultation and is set to make its deliberations before its final recommendations to Government in June. While the issue of pension age will…
The Government announced yesterday (19th April 2021) the establishment of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare to look at "how best to support economic activity while ensuring sufficient…
A lesson from past experiences of economic recovery and growth is that the weakest in our society get left behind unless welfare increases keep track with increases elsewhere in the economy.…
Over the past seven years, Social Justice Ireland and other organisations have come together to form a technical group which researched and developed a Living Wage for Ireland. The latest…
The Government’s Stability Programme Update raises major challenges for Ireland on debt, infrastructure, taxation and services. A misplaced focus on the deficit and any return to…
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought enormous uncertainty to the Irish labour market and consequently to many families throughout the country. As this article outlines, the pandemic’s labour market…
When assessing the change in people’s incomes following any Budget, it is important that tax changes be included as well as changes to basic social welfare payments.
Following Budget 2021,…
