The European Central Bank (ECB) conducts the Study on the Payment Attitudes of Consumers in the Euro Area (SPACE) to analyse how consumers in euro area countries use and perceive various payment…
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication and ratification of ‘Securing our Future’, however we are concerned and disappointed that it does not contain the ambition required to address…
Social Justice Ireland's response to 'Securing our Future' the programme for government of the 34th Dáil is available here. Social Justice Ireland's response to 'Securing our…
Eurostat recently published figures on poverty rates across the EU. In 2023, 71.7 million people across the EU (16.2 per cent) of the population were found to be at risk of poverty. [1] This rate is…
This section of our National Social Monitor - Putting Fairness First: Delivering the Programme for Government sets out policy proposals for income distribution that would impact on poverty levels in…
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) published the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) "Module on the Impact of Childhood Poverty Experiences on Adult Life 2023" shedding light on how…
This policy briefing sets out Social Justice Ireland's proposals for a Programme for Government. It covers six areas: An end to poverty: improved welfare and wellbeing for allResourcing the…
‘A Europe of Equals?’ reviews the social situation in the 27 EU member states and makes some proposals and recommendations for a more sustainable and inclusive future. This report examines recent…
A trend of increasing poverty rates among older persons in the European Union is very concerning with more than 5 million additional older people across the EU experiencing poverty since 2014. Almost…
This briefing sets out the present situation on a number of key challenges in relation to poverty and income inequality, an outline of what is possible in the next five years and specific policy…