The executive summary of Social Justice Ireland's Socio-Economic Review 2017 'A New Social Contract for a New Century' is available below.
Basic Income provides the key to resolving major challenges that changes to welfare and work have brought in the twenty first century. It has the potential to reduce bureaucracy dramatically and increase respect for care work while promoting entrepreneurship and engagement with education, among other things.
The latest issue of Social Justice Ireland's Employment Monitor examines regional employment trends. Figures released in August by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show a wide divergence in the experiences of Ireland’s different regions as regards unemployment and job creation trends.
The latest issue of Social Justice Ireland's quarterly employment monitor examines rural and regional trends in employment, unemployment and labour force participation.
There will be nearly 1 million people aged 65 and over by 2031 – an increase of 86.4 per cent. Of these 136,000 will be aged 85 or over by 2031, an increase of 132.8 per cent. Now is the time to plan Ireland’s investment in services and infrastructure. This is one of the key issues highlighted in the National Social Monitor 2016.
The National Social Monitor is Social Justice Ireland’s annual contribution to the public debate that is needed on Ireland’s future and how Ireland is performing in terms of promoting the
Despite falling rates of unemployment and almost 47,000 jobs (net) being created in the year to end Q1 2016, the Jobs Gap stood at 166,200 at the end of March, and overall the economy was 193,100 j
Social Justice Ireland's quarterly Employment Monitor is available to download here.
The 2016 Living Wage rate remains €11.50 per hour. This is the average gross salary required by a single individual (without dependents) in full-time employment to afford a socially acceptable minimum standard of living across Ireland.
A brief snapshot on how Ireland is performing in terms of job creation and some policy proposals.
