The impact of COVID-19, the coronavirus, has highlighted the weaknesses in both Ireland’s social and economic structures. One such area is housing, particularly for those in communal and cramped…
A key response to the economic crisis has been the adoption by the European Council of the Europe 2020 Strategy in 2010, which set out to develop a more balanced and sustainable approach for the…
Our paper on Indexation and Social Welfare Rates outlines Social Justice Ireland’s position on indexation, makes proposals regarding maintaining adequate levels of social welfare and…
Results from Census 2016 provide the most recent insight into the scale and nature of disability in Ireland. In a report published in November 2017, the CSO reported that a total of 643,131 people…
The Low Pay Commission's consultation process on the level of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) concluded last week. In our submission to the Commission, Social Justice Ireland…
In the first quarter of each year the European Commission release its Country Report for Ireland, detailing its review of the current economic situation, Ireland’s progress with country-specific…
Ireland's current means for accommodating asylum seekers is increasingly unfit for purpose, and the practice of keeping people in such cirucmstances for - as in some cases - several years is…
At the end of 2018, there were 63,426 home mortgages in arrears (not including buy to lets), with 44,009 of these in arrears of more than 90 days. This represents a 11.5% decrease on the…
The Legal Aid Board provides advice and representation on criminal and civil matters for those on low income. Criminal legal aid, through the Garda Station Legal Advice Revised Scheme, the Legal…
There is an urgent need to address the area of mental health. This arises not least in light of a World Health Report IN 2001 showing that mental health and behavioural disorders are common,…
