When this Government took office in June 2007, few foresaw that record levels of economic growth were coming to an end. The international financial crisis plunged
Full document can be downoaded below. The Government announced, in its Statement on Transforming Public Services on 27 November
The Document can be accessed here
The cuts in expenditure proposed in the Bord Snip report are focused disproportionately on people who are poor or sick or older or vulnerable in some way. Cuts in welfare rates and in many services will mean that those who are vulnerable will bear the brunt of Government's attempts to balance its budget. Social Justice Ireland recognises full well that the country's finances are in bad shape and need to be rectified. However, Ireland is in this situation because of the activities of bankers, politicians, speculators, developers and many economists. Who should pay for the misdeeds of these people? The authors of the Bord Snip report provide a clear answer: from their perspective the vulnearable, the disadvantaged and those living in remote communities should be the hardest hit! Social Justice Ireland rejects this conclusion totally.
EU Commission report on Ireland - accompanying the Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2007 - February 21, 2007. Fulll Document can be accessed below
European Commission's Directorates-General and Services
The Draft EU Constitution second draft - a reader friendly edition with highlighted words and comments in the margins - May 28, 2003. [This does not contain Part III of the draft constitut
An Interim Assessment of Europe's National Social Inclusion Strategies - February 2007 Please find the entire document can be downloaded below
The European Commission has proposed that solidarity and social protection should be built on so as to smooth the impact of the economic crisis and to help recovery. In its proposals for the
A second CRE was announced by Minister Brendan Howlin in his Budget speech on 15 October 2013 and this Review is intended to update the multi-annual expenditure ceilings for the succeeding three ye
