The full cost to Ireland of the COVID-19 pandemic is as yet unknown. Our unemployment rate was 16.5 per cent in March 2020 and the Stability Programme Update (SPU) estimates a possible…
Unsurprisingly, given the closing of retail outlets across the developed world, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a huge drop in demand for clothing. While this creates financial challenges for…
Time has come to index social welfare payments to Minimum Essential Budget Standard
Social Justice Ireland welcomed the introduction of the COVID-19 unemployment and illness…
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…
