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…
Some tax proposals currently being considered by Government should be rejected because they would give far greater benefit to people earning higher incomes than to lower income employees. While…
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…
Without the social welfare system almost 50 per cent of the Irish population would have been living in poverty in 2014. Adequate social welfare payments are required to prevent an increase in…
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication of the Government’s Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. However, we have concerns about the scale of the plan and the length of time…
Government should spend €1bn fiscal space on infrastructure to improve productivity and competitiveness in Budget 2017. This would be a far better use of resources than giving tax cuts as…
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…
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…
Since the onset of the recession the number of people in poverty in Ireland has increased by more than 100,000. Today there are more than 750,000 people living in poverty in Ireland; this is a…
Government could substantially increase the resources available to finance social housing by invoking the structural reform clause contained in the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact.This clause…
