The executive summary of Social Justice Ireland's Socio-Economic Review 2017 'A New Social Contract for a New Century' is available below.
This paper explores a basic income in the context of a right to housing. It was first presented at a policy conference 'Basic Income - Radical Utopia or practical Solution?’ and published in the accompanying book. Also available to download is the presentation and a cartoonist’s interpretation of the paper.
Social Justice Ireland's detailed analysis of the impact of Budget 2017 on housing is available to download below.
Ronan Lyons presents his paper ‘A Right to Housing? The case for a Universal Housing Subsidy’ at the Social Policy Conference 2016.
There will be nearly 1 million people aged 65 and over by 2031 – an increase of 86.4 per cent. Of these 136,000 will be aged 85 or over by 2031, an increase of 132.8 per cent. Now is the time to plan Ireland’s investment in services and infrastructure. This is one of the key issues highlighted in the National Social Monitor 2016.
The National Social Monitor is Social Justice Ireland’s annual contribution to the public debate that is needed on Ireland’s future and how Ireland is performing in terms of promoting the
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication of the Government’s Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. However, we have concerns about the scale of the plan and the length of time it implies for eliminating Ireland’s housing crisis.
A summary of Social Justice Ireland's proposals on social housing is available to dowload below.
Report of the Oireachas Committee on Housing and Homelessness published June 2016.
Government could substantially increase the resources available to finance social housing by invoking the structural reform clause contained in the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact.This clause allows Government’s to cater for the short-term costs of implementing structural reforms that will have long-term positive budgetary effects.
