Budget 2021 has left Ireland’s poorest people behind as Government decided not to increase core social welfare rates. Despite allocating more resources than any previous Budget in the history of…
Budget 2021 must:
Outline a three-year stabilisation programme targeted at supporting incomes, restoring demand for labour, and sustaining strategic firms and…
The area of mental health is one requiring urgent attention. Mental health is critical to individual well-being, as well as for social and economic participation and yet it is estimated that…
Budget 2021 is just around the corner. But what is the Budget, and how will it affect you? This short video presentation brings you through the main details about the Government Budget…
The report ''Combating child poverty – Better targeting of Commission support required' by the European Court of Audtiors (ECA) concludes that it is almost impossible to…
There has, for some time now, been a consensus among the environmentally-focused scientific community that for humanity to avoid climate disaster, the vast majority of existing coal, oil and gas…
Ageing will be a dominant theme in the 21stCentury according to The United Nations World Economic and Social Survey. How we think about ageing can impact the policies we introduce and the…
The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted a number of aspects of the welfare state and the importance of properly provided and funded public services in countries across the world. Among the many…
The OECD has just published a paper on 'The Economic Impacts of Learning Losses'. This paper estimates that long-term impacts of Covid-19 induced learning disruption on the outcomes for…
The latest in the UNICEF Innocenti Report Card Series, Worlds of Influence: Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries, warns that the world's richest nations must protect child…
