What does your Local Authority value? What progress is being made at local level to tackle the causes of issues like housing, job sustainability and climate change? Following the publication of Social Justice Ireland's latest National Social Monitor - Local Issues edition, check out our Local Authority profiles, a one-page overview of each Local Authority area and how it spends its budget on your behalf.
Next week, Social Justice Ireland and Trócaire will co-host a hustings event for the Dublin constituency ahead of the European Elections on May 24th. Ahead of this, we have formulated a joint policy platform, with Five Key Policy Asks. They are: The Elimination of Poverty The Championing of Climate Justice Policy Coherence on the SDGs Delivery on the European Pillar of Social Rights Supporting an international treaty on Business and Human Rights
The work of Ireland’s carers receives minimal recognition despite the essential role their work plays in society. It is time that Government allocate sufficient resources to supporting the work of carers in Ireland.
Policy and political rhetoric too often pays lip service to goals of gender equality and to the contribution made to society by those in unpaid work, without making any significant moves to improve the lot of those, typically women, who play the economically and socially imperative roles that so often go unremunerated. It is time for this to change.
In the European Edition of our National Social Monitor we look at how Ireland compares with other EU-28 countries in terms of Income Equality and Financial Distress.
In our Poverty Focus published this week, Social Justice Ireland looked at the impact of poverty, in particular child and family poverty. Over 230,000 children are living at risk of poverty in Ireland today. Studies undertaken since the mid-1990s indicate that the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has a direct relationship on the causes of death and chronic health issues in adults, with some evidence suggesting it alters a child’s DNA if not addressed in time. While child poverty is not of itself an ACE, there is a correlation between poverty and ACEs which, if ignored, can affect a child’s whole life.
Living in poverty is a reality for one in five children in Ireland. This means that around 230,000 children in Ireland are living in families with incomes below the poverty line. This is one of the main findings from Poverty Focus 2019. How long more can we afford to ignore these children and their living standards? This issue can be addressed effectively. Child poverty can be eliminated.
What are the latest data and trends on poverty in Ireland and why is life on a low income the norm for a large proportion of our society? Social Justice Ireland’s annual Poverty Focus examines the nature and experience of poverty in Ireland and sets out a series of policy solutions.
The headline social inclusion targets addressed in the Irish National Reform Programme are focussed on employment, education and ‘poverty and social exclusion’. How is Ireland performing on the social inclusion aspects of our National Reform Programme and our Europe 2020 targets?
This report was compiled by Social Justice Ireland in light of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its high-level targets, and of Ireland’s National Reform Programme. It is the latest in a series that has tracked Ireland’s performance for many years.
