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…
The reference hourly Living Wage rate will rise to €14.80 per hour for 2023/24. This represents a 6.9% (€0.95) change from the 2022/23 rate of €13.85 per hour. This is the minimum…
On Wednesday, 13th September 2023, Social Justice Ireland presented at the Pensions Policy Research Group seminar on the Commission on Taxation and Welfare (COTW): approach and…
Government will repeat the mistakes of last year and deliver a regressive budget if does not prioritise income adequacy over one-off payments. Instead of again relying on one-off payments,…
Since February 2022, Government have announced a series of taxation, welfare and electricity credit measures intended to assist all households with cost of living pressures. Using the Social…
According to Census 2022, there were 1,048,985 people aged 60+ living in Ireland on Census night, an increase of 19.7 per cent on Census 2016. The number of people aged 65+ increased by 21.8 per cent…
The establishment of a Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach was a key step towards delivering on the Taoiseach’s commitment "to make Ireland the best…
Child poverty does not exist in a vacuum. Children live in families, households, and societies. They are impacted by the physical environment in which they live. While the establishment of a Child…
Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in any society. Consequently, the issue of child poverty deserves particular attention. The current surplus of resources available to the Government…
Adequate levels of social welfare are essential to addressing poverty. Income adequacy cannot be addressed by one-off measures.Without the social welfare system just over one-third of the Irish…
