Since 2011 Social Justice Ireland has been presenting fully costed budgetary proposals which would help to deliver a fair and just society. We also analyse and critique the Government’s…
In advance of Budget 2019, Social Justice Ireland called for the equalisation of the Jobseeker’s Allowance rate for those aged 25 and younger.
Figures from the National Youth…
Budget 2019 marks the third Budget of the current Government. In our Budget 2019 Analsysis document we track the cumulative impact of changes to income taxation and welfare over the Government’s…
International perspective
While the social and living conditions (Human Development Index) of every developing region increased considerably between 1990 and 2015 progress…
Budget 2019 included an income tax package with a full year cost of €356m (€123m on USC reductions, €161m on income tax reductions and €72m on credit increases).
Social Justice Ireland'…
Budget 2019 allocated €817m to Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme; an increase of approximately €110m on Budget 2018. This is a significant increase and the government is to…
Budget 2019 fails to make any notable impact on Ireland’s entrenched inequalities and fails to tackle any of the major challenges the country currently faces.
This Budget pays…
Budget 2019 failed to grasp the nettle of real reform in areas such as housing, healthcare, education and so on. In this short presentation, we bring you through the Highs and Lows of Budget…
Budget 2019 will be announced on Tuesday, 9th October, at 1pm. But what is the Budget, how does it affect you and how can you have your say? Click on our Slideshow to find out.
It is telling that 10,000 marching publicly through the streets of Dublin could create the impact that 10,000 people moving silently through the nations’ hotels, hostels and B&Bs could not.…
