Income Distribution

Poverty Focus 2023

Monday, 6 November 2023

In Poverty Focus we examine the nature and experiences of poverty in Ireland. Drawing on the available statistical evidence, we outline how poverty is measured, the value of the poverty line and…

Budget 2024 - Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Friday, 27 October 2023

In discussing the impact of Budget 2024 with the Select Committee on Budgetary OversightSocial Justice Ireland made the following observations: Overall, Budget 2024’s legacy will…

Child Poverty in Ireland

Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in any society. Consequently, the issue of child poverty deserves particular attention. Child poverty is measured as the proportion of all children aged…

€12 Welfare Increase: not enough

Monday, 23 October 2023

Welfare payments target those most in need within Irish society. They also play a central role in alleviating poverty. According to the latest CSO Poverty figures, without the social welfare system…

Budget 2024 Delivers Another Regressive Shift

Friday, 20 October 2023

Budget 2024 includes a range of measures to address the ongoing cost of living crisis. Structurally, it follows a similar path to that adopted last year, in Budget 2023, with a mixture of immediate…

Budget 2024: The Impact of All Measures, April 2022 to 2024

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Since the first energy credit in April 2022 Government has made a series of policy decisions in response to the cost of living crisis. Here we bring together the impact of all changes since then.…

Distributional Impact of Budget 2024

Friday, 13 October 2023

Budget 2024: providing the least for those on lowest incomes

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Budget 2024 follows the path of Budget 2023, with Government repeating last year’s mistakes. Rather than spending this year’s surplus to support those who most need it, for whom it would have the…

Temporary Budget cost of living measures failing low income households

Monday, 9 October 2023

As the Minister for Finance prepares to present Budget 2024, another ‘cost of living budget’, to the Oireachtas tomorrow, it is worth look back at the impact that cost of living measures that…

Budget 2024 must make meaningful progress on child poverty

Monday, 2 October 2023

The recent increased political focus on child poverty is welcome and overdue. If Government wants to deliver on Child Poverty and Wellbeing commitments in Budget 2024 then it must make income…