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Social Justice Matters Podcast - Episode 3 - Basic Income: Radical Utopia or Practical Solution?

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In the latest edition of our podcast, Social Justice Matters, we revisit our Basic Income conference from 2016 to hear from Social Justice Ireland founders, Brigid Reynolds and Dr…

Ten trends shaping the Future of Work in Europe

The nature of work has always undergone profound changes, driven by technological progress, demographic shifts, labour market regulations, and macroeconomic fluctuations.  The European…

Calls for Submissions on a Sustainable Mobility Policy

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The Department has also published an extensive range of background papers looking at various different aspects of sustainable mobility and setting out questions designed to help assist with…

The need for a new "ecological social paradigm" - President Higgins on Rethinking Economics

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Social Justice Ireland was delighted to attend the President's seminar on Rethinking Economics.  Featuring guest speakers Professor Mariana Mazzucato from University College…

Acknowledging policy progress

We have been analysing and critiquing the Government’s annual budget since 1988, outlining proposals in advance and providing detailed analysis when the Budget is announced. Since 2011 Social…

Sustainability, the Environment and Rural Communities

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Budget 2020 does not contain the ‘bold and new decisions’ required to meet the ‘defining challenge’ of climate change.

There was no move to introduce a levy on single use coffee cups, to…

Budget 2020 ignores the need for reform of tax expenditures

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In our Budget Choices 2020 submission, Social Justice Ireland called for increased scrutiny of tax expenditures as part of the budgetary process. We regret that, at a time when the…

Tenants or Tenements?

One in seven people in Ireland are renting in the private rented sector.

Rent Pressure Zones now exist in 44 locations, with 21 of those designated this year.  Legislation passed in…

Progress on Carbon Tax is welcome

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Social Justice Ireland welcomed the Budget 2020 decision to increase the carbon tax from €20 per tonne to €26 per tonne. While we had called for a higher increase, of €10 per tonne, we…

Automatic Enrolment is doubling down on a failing system

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As the DEASP announces some key design features of its proposed Automatic Enrolment pension scheme, our analysis suggests that Automatic Enrolment:

Represents poor value for money…