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Social dialogue must include everyone

Friday, 23 January 2015

The troika made a major mistake in deciding the terms of Ireland’s bailout programme when they failed to factor in its social impact according to Minister for Finance Michael Noonan.

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Number of people in consistent poverty in Ireland doubles since 2008

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

There are 698,000 people still in poverty in Ireland. Even though the poverty line has fallen by 16% since 2008, nearly one in seven people in Ireland are in poverty. Over 211,000 of these are…

Local Economic and Community Plans (LECP)

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government as produced guidelines for the development of Local Economic and Community Plans in each Local Authority Area.  These plans are…

Social Justice Ireland calls for a Universal State Pension

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Social Justice Ireland strongly urges the Government to put the think tank’s fully-costed proposal for a universal State pension for every person aged over 65 on the table for discussion…

Acceleration in broadband roll-out must be a vital part of regional investment

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Social Justice Ireland welcomes the news that 37% of IDA-led investments were in regions outside Dublin and Cork in 2014.  This is an improvement on the 2013 figure of 30%, but Social…

ESRI Report confirms Budget 2015 regressive

Friday, 12 December 2014

Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication of the ESRI Special Article examining the ‘Distributional Impact of Tax, Welfare and Public Service Pay Policies: Budget 2015 and Budgets…

Social Housing Strategy 2020 fails to address the scale of the problem

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication of ‘Social Housing Strategy 2020: Support, Supply and Reform’ which is the most comprehensive attempt to address the social housing problem…

Cost of Climate Change in Developing Countries

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Even if global greenhouse gas emissions are cut to the level required to keep global temperature rise below 2°C this century, the cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries is…

A five-point plan for Government – What should be done now? - SPC 2014

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

The Irish State should play a greater role in industrial development, basing its decisions on skilful evidence-based analysis and deeper democratic participation, speakers stated in a round-table…

Economic Assessments and Forecasts

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

The OECD and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council have both published reports outlining the significant challenges ahead for Ireland and Europe in terms of economic recovery. The publication of these…