The experience of the past two decades has highlighted the central role of taxation in budget deliberations and in shaping policy at both macro and micro level. Taxation not only funds public…
A new paper from the Parliamentary Budget Office provides an overview of the Social Insurance Fund’s (SIF) operations, income and expenditure trends, and highlights key risks to its long-term…
Fairness must be at the centre of Budget 2026. We are wealthier than at any time in our history, and yet almost 630,000 people are living below the poverty line, 190,000 of whom are…
Ireland’s overall level of taxation will have to rise significantly in the years to come in order to address current service and infrastructure deficits and meet the changing needs of a growing and…
Budget 2025 marked the fifth and final Budget of the coalition Government that held office from 2020-2025. This year’s edition of our analysis of the distributive effects of budget policy offers an…
The Programme for Government (PfG)- Securing Our Future, published in January 2025, outlines a series of commitments made by Government across a range of policy areas. Social Justice Ireland…
In this socio-economic review for 2025 Social Justice Ireland presents a detailed analysis of a range of key matters which are central to social justice; a vision of…
Between €20bn-€30bn of current total taxation revenue is vulnerable to disappear rapidly in the context of international taxation and trade reforms and from any sudden economic downturn. This…
Ireland is going through several major transitions, each of which is only going to deepen with time. While much is changing, many of the problems facing our society are long-standing: inequality,…
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication and ratification of ‘Securing our Future’, however we are concerned and disappointed that it does not contain the ambition required to address…
