All plans for recovery from the present crisis must ensure that the economy and society are treated equally and addressed simultaneously. Analysing the Stability Programme Update (SPU)…
The latest CSO figures show that 122,800 Irish workers earn the minimum wage or less, far below what is required for a socially acceptable standard of living in Ireland.
While acknowledging…
As we navigate through the global crisis caused by COVID-19, the need for a broad, stable tax base that can collect the revenue required to support our social, economic and environmental goals has…
What is a Universal Basic Income?
Briefly put, Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a universal non-conditional payment from government, paid regardless of income or wealth, at…
Two important pieces of legislation dealing with emergency measures as a result of COVID-19 were published last month. On the 20th March 2020, the Health (Preservation and Protection and other…
Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights…
It has been regularly commented upon since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic that the current situation has given people opportunity and impetus to consider how we have structured society. Issues…
The latest data released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, up to Q3 2019, show that Local Authorities met just 66% of their social housing output targets in the first…
The decision to put a new social contract and a focus on the wellbeing of Irish people at the heart of the Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael Framework for a New Programme for Government is very welcome. So…
As difficult as dealing with COVID-19 is for countries of the developed world with their sophisticated healthcare systems, the coronavirus pandemic has the potential to devastate the countries of…
