As part of our Budgetary research Social Justice Ireland published Fairness and Changing Income Taxes on 1st October. The analysis highlights the distributive impact taxation…
Yesterday, the Irish Times reported that more than 80 of the country’s richest taxpayers declared taxable income less than the average industrial wage in 2015. This was based on a study by the…
In 2011, the number of households assessed as having a social housing need was 98,318 – the highest number since 1993 (when it was 28,200). A change in the way need was calculated, and a…
With 800,000 people in poverty, record numbers on healthcare waiting lists and more than 3,800 children homeless, Ireland is a profoundly unequal place. Inequality hurts the economy,…
Ireland now has the resources to ensure that Budget 2019 addresses the key challenges facing Irish people. The question is whether Government has the political courage to invest in our social…
Just two of the income taxation proposals currently under consideration for Budget 2019 would produce fair outcomes: an increase in the personal tax credit for everyone or a reduction in the 0.5%…
Ireland ranks second-last of the EU28 in terms of ambition and progress on tackling climate change, according to a study by Climate Action Network due to our “stiff opposition to climate action…
Public Participation Networks (PPNs) were set up to provide a mechanism by which citizens can have a greater say in local government decisions which affect their own communities, and by all…
The Government has failed to respond to our nation’s housing crisis. Mortgage arrears are again increasing, there are almost 86,000 households on social housing waiting lists, and 10,000 homeless…
One fifth of the population on waiting lists
Data published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund indicates that almost one million people are waiting for patient appointments in…
