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European Commission growth prediction for Ireland shows Government's approach to development is not working

Thursday, 1 March 2012

European Commission growth prediction for Ireland shows Government’s approach to development is not working
The European Commission today published its Winter 2011 Review of Economic…

Government climb down on DEIS cuts in line with OECD recommendations

Thursday, 23 February 2012

The announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills that cuts announced to DEIS schools in Budget 2012 are to be reversed is in line with a recent report from the OECD. Social Justice…

New ‘Pathways to Work’ programme will not reduce unemployment

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Goes nowhere near the scale required to address long-term unemployent.

The Government’s new Pathways‘’ programme goes nowhere near what is required to have a significant…

NO basis for claims that welfare fraud prevention produced savings of €645m

Thursday, 16 February 2012

More than three quarters of the savings came from correcting errors made by Department of Social Protection staff
Claims that welfare fraud prevention resulted in savings of…

Ireland protected European financial stability by taking on debt - time to ease this burden: Karl Whelan

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

According to Professor Karl Whelan (University College Dublin) much of IBRC’s (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) debt was incurred by the Irish state so that unsecured and unguaranteed senior bondholders…

Ireland protected European financial stability by taking on debt - time to ease this burden: Karl Whelan

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

According to Professor Karl Whelan (University College Dublin) much of IBRC’s (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) debt was incurred by the Irish state so that unsecured and unguaranteed senior bondholders…

30% of unemployed households had to borrow for basic necessities

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

The Quarterly National Household Survey conducted by the CSO, published February 14, 2012 shows that 30% of households headed by a person who is unemployed had borrowed money from family or…

Action Plan for Jobs - 2012

Monday, 13 February 2012

There is no greater challenge facing Ireland than getting our people back to work. There have

been over 300,000 job losses since a flawed economic model collapsed in 2008 and there are…

Jobs Plan would still have 240,000 on the Live Register in 2020

Monday, 13 February 2012

The Irish Government’s ‘Action Plan for Jobs - 2012‘ contains more than 270 actions, identifies the Government Departments and agencies responsible for implementing each of these, and sets out…

Unemployment crisis set to continue through 2012 and beyond

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Ireland’s unemployment crisis remains the striking feature of the current recession.   Despite this, in Budget 2012 and in the months since the Budget was annnounced, Government has taken hardly…