The European Commission has recently published the ‘Annual Sustainable Growth Survey’, launching the 2024 European Semester cycle of economic policy coordination. The report puts forward an agenda to…
Social Justice Ireland's Annual Policy Conference, beginning at 9.30am today, will address the topic 'A Just Transition". The fundamental principle of a Just Transition is to leave…
In discussing the impact of Budget 2024 with the Select Committee on Budgetary OversightSocial Justice Ireland made the following observations: Overall, Budget 2024’s…
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…
NESC, the National Economic and Social Council is 50 this year. As part of its 50th year work programme, NESC has published a new Secretariat paper, Is Ireland Thriving? - Answers…
Budget 2024 should avoid using taxation measures as a means of providing short term solutions to the ongoing cost of living challenges that all of society continues to face. Reductions in income…
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,…
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…
