Income Distribution

Poverty in Ireland

Friday, 12 May 2023
Cartoon of Man holding open empty pockets

Despite progress on the issue over the past two decades, there is still considerable poverty in Ireland. Driven by increases in social welfare payments, particularly payments to the unemployed, the…

Social Justice Matters: 2023 guide to a fairer Irish Society

Monday, 8 May 2023
Social Justice Matters 2023

In this socio-economic review for 2023 Social Justice Ireland presents a detailed analysis of a range of key matters which are central to social justice; a vision of Ireland’s future as a…

Prioritise people and community over unbridled profits

Monday, 8 May 2023
wellbeing

Ireland’s social contract is broken yet we have the resources and the capacity to deliver a new social contract. Now is the time for political will and ambition to deliver real and impactful change…

Youth poverty across the EU

Friday, 14 April 2023
Cartoon of Man holding open empty pockets

New figures from Eurostat show that 6 per cent of EU youth are classed as severely materially and socially deprived. In 2021, across the EU, the social deprivation rate for the population as a whole…

Gender Gaps still a reality on International Women's Day 2023

Wednesday, 8 March 2023
gender equality

Today, 8th March 2023, is International Women's Day. Eurostat have released a number of articles examining gender gaps in employment and pay across the EU.  Today, 8th March 2023, is International…

The Social Welfare Myth

Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Income Distribution

In advance of Budget 2023, Social Justice Ireland and others called for an increase of €20 per week to core social welfare rates. This was considered "too expensive" by some politicians and…

More than 671,000 people are still living in poverty in Ireland, of which 188,602 are children

Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Persistent Poverty

671,183people in Ireland are living in poverty, of which 188,602are children.143,633 older people are living in poverty, an increase of over 55,000 since 2021.133,…

Time for an audit of Child Poverty Initiatives

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Child Benefit

Social Justice Ireland is calling for an audit of recent initiatives on child poverty by the Child Poverty and Wellbeing Unit in the Department of the Taoiseach to assess their overall…

Social welfare rates must increase by €8

Monday, 13 February 2023
Food and Energy Income Impact

Increasing core social welfare rates by an additional €8 per week, not a further universal energy credit, must be central to any additional Government supports to address cost of living challenges. …

Long Term Commitment Needed, Not One Off Payments

Friday, 3 February 2023
Persistent Poverty

As the one-off payments delivered as part of Budget 2023 are due to come to an end towards the end of February [1] and inflation still expected to remain high in 2023, those on the lowest incomes (…