Core social welfare rates must increase by €25 in Budget 2024, and Government must commit to benchmarking social welfare rates to average weekly earnings if it is to have any impact on reducing…
Social Welfare Rates: Budget 2024 outlines what maintaining adequate levels of social welfare rates in a budgetary context entails, and outlines the case for benchmarking core social welfare rates to…
The latest Oxfam Inequality Report, Survival of the Richest, calls for a wealth tax on the super-rich. In an Irish context this would equate to an estimated €8.2bn additional revenue to the…
Budget 2023 was a missed opportunity to invest in and secure our energy infrastructure, progress the implementation of the Climate Action Plan and ensure a just transition to a green economy. While…
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted shortcomings in our healthcare system across a range of areas and also demonstrated how vital an integrated public system of care is. It must be a starting point for…
Social Justice Ireland appeared before the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight on Wednesday, 19th October 2022, to review the impact of Budget 2023, particularly on the most marginalised…
As well as tracking the post-Budget income levels of different households, Social Justice Ireland is also focused on assessing how the income divides in Irish society change following the…
Under the Paris Agreement agreed at COP15, Ireland committed to contribute to an overall target of $1 bn in Climate Finance. Ireland’s current Climate Finance target is €225m by 2025. In a separate…
Budget 2023 introduced a €500 tax relief for renters for years 2022 and 2023. Standardised average rents in new tenancies in Q1 2022 were €1,460 per month nationally, and €2,015 in Dublin. A full-…
Budget 2023 includes a range of measures to address the cost of living and energy crises. Collectively they represent one of the largest and most complex budget packages in many years. Some of the…
