Among policymakers it seems that the support for an increased role by the private pensions industry in providing retirement income coverage and adequacy grows stronger with practically every…
1. Eliminating Poverty
We call on all MEPs to work to agree an EU-wide binding target and strategy to reduce the level of poverty in each country by half from its 2017…
The current Local Property Tax system in Ireland is regressive. It encourages land hoarding and speculation, while dis-incentivising necessary development, such as building more…
Above is an outline of Social Justice Ireland's policy framework for a just Ireland which we believe provides a mechanism to address differing issues and challenges…
As the international economic chaos of the past few years has shown, the world is now increasingly linked via millions of legitimate, speculative and opportunistic financial transactions.…
The latest release from Eurostat (21st May 2019) shows that Ireland had the highest increase in gas prices, and the fifth highest increase in electricity prices in the EU. According to the…
Nature and biodiversity are our common heritage and provide the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. If we are really serious…
Tax reliefs - or tax expenditures, as they are sometimes known - are policy tools for reducing an individual's tax liability. They are usually used to encourage specific economic or social…
According to the Report, asking rents have increased, quarter on quarter, for the last 27 quarters. That’s almost 6 years of growth. The Report uses an average of rents in 2012 as a…
If we want to develop appropriate, flexible and place-based responses to local and regional issues, then we must maximise the potential of local government. This requires giving local government…
