Those who were left behind in Budget 2022 have been left behind again in Government’s cost of living package. Government’s plan to tackle the rising cost of living proves, once again, that this…
Two practical ways to reduce the cost of living would be to benchmark core social welfare rates to 27.5 per cent of average weekly earnings and to make the two main tax credits refundable. By…
The World Inequality Report 2022, released in December 2021 gives up to date insights into income and wealth distribution across the world. The report gathers together in one place data from all…
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) published an analysis of social welfare rate changes 2011-2022 in December 2021. The report looks at core social welfare rates over time, and rate changes…
Housing and Poverty 2022 is a special edition policy briefing issued by Social Justice Ireland. It aims to provide an update on the impact of housing costs (mortgage interest and rent) on…
Minister Catherine Martin T.D. has today launched an online consultation on a pilot Basic Income for the Arts. The online consultation opens today and is available for response here until the…
661,518people in Ireland are living in poverty, of which 210,363are children.133,627 people living in poverty are in employment; the “working poor”.781,794 people…
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is expected to publish the EU-SILC data for 2020 on Friday, 17th December. This data will tell us what proportion of the population of Ireland were living below…
Problems for tenants with the high cost of accommodation as a proportion of their income and arrears on mortgage, rent and utility bills are an indication of the continued social and economic impact…
The idea of a basic income, “an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement”[1] is something that Social Justice Ireland has been…