Community and Voluntary Sector
The cuts to funding for the Community and Voluntary sector made during the last recession have yet to be restored. Covid-19 has again…
Investment in Education – priorities for Budget 2021
Education is widely recognised as crucial to the achievement of our national objectives of economic competitiveness,…
A new report from the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG), published last month, provides an excellent analysis of the gender gap in pensions and provides advice on practices to reduce…
The primary focus of Budget 2021 and 2022 should be on increasing employment and delivering infrastructure and services, NOT on reducing the deficit; it is crucially important that we do not…
It is concerning the new Programme for Government does not mention youth unemployment or a strategy to tackle it, particularly given the manner in which young people will likely be…
Increase in Financial Distress likely post-COVID-19
Over one million people were in receipt of COVID-19-related income supports as of May this year. 584,641 were in…
The Programme for Government of the 33rd Dáil contains a commitment to continuing the pathway started by the previous government to roll out a system of auto-enrolment into private pensions for…
A robust Social Dialogue process with the broad-based enhancement of capabilities in the economy and society at its core would assist in driving a sustainable recovery from the current crisis that…
The COVID-19 crisis highlighted, among other things, the importance of community and a community-based response. Yet this importance is often not reflected in the decision-making processes…
The commitment to using wellbeing indicators alongside economic indicators in the Programme for Government is welcome. Creating a sustainable Ireland requires the adoption of new indicators…
