Less than 24 hours after Budget 2023 was announced, Social Justice Ireland produce the first comprehensive analysis of the Budget - the winners, the losers and what needs to happen…
A €20 increase in core social welfare payments in Budget 2023 must be part of a suite of targeted measures to support households on fixed incomes. A social welfare payment should provide an…
The announcement by Government that 2,000 artists and creative arts workers have been accepted to the new Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme, is most welcome and is far more appropriate to deal…
Addressing the cost of living crisis must be a key feature of Budget 2023. According to data received from the Central Statistics Office, there are 167,400 employees reporting earning the National…
In October 2020, the Irish Government published its first paper on the introduction of a Wellbeing Framework and, since then, has been working on what should be included to measure how well Ireland…
In today’s, Wednesday July 27th Budget Forum, hosted by Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, Social Justice Ireland will make the case for an increase in core social welfare…
The Oireachtas Select Committee for Budgetary Oversight recently published its report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System recommending a system that would provide greater…
Almost 15.8 million children in the EU-27 are at risk of poverty, representing around one fifth of Europe’s children. No child should grow up in poverty in the EU and we are consistently failing to…
The Tanaiste today announced a proposal to increase the minimum wage to a Living Wage, set at 60 per cent of the Median Wage to be phased in over the next four years. While the change is not…
