House Prices and Affordability
In March this year, the UN wrote to Ireland to express its concerns about the commodification of housing in Ireland, stating “Heavy private housing…
To support you to make your submission to the OECD's consultation, please see links below to our most recent work in this area.
- Social Justice Ireland's Sustainable Progress…
There remains many areas of public and political life from which Travellers are excluded. This exclusion begins with a lack of acknowledgement for the very existence of a Traveller culture,…
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication of the Climate Action Plan 2019. This is an opportunity for Government to show ambition and leadership and implement…
Ireland’s track record on meeting our national and international targets on climate policy is lamentable to say the least. Our greenhouse gas emissions are nearly 3 million tonnes over the…
Ireland’s headline employment trends over the last number of years have been broadly positive. Unemployment was at 5.4 per cent in April 2019, dipping below 6 per cent for the first time in ten…
Most Irish people want to see an end to homelessness, social housing shortages, hospital waiting lists and child poverty. They want to see the lack of affordable childcare addressed, investment in…
Social Justice Ireland has been making proposals that would address the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) for the past number of years. These proposals are fully costed and…
According to the OECD, how accountability is translated into practice can be closely related to the independence of the regulator and its functions and powers. Regulation in Ireland has been…
The European Network against Racism reported 256 incidents of reported racism (it should be noted that not all incidents will be reported) in the latter half of 2017, with almost half of these (…
