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Government Must Act Urgently on Long-Term Unemployment

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Social Justice Ireland urges the Government to act immediately on unemployment, especially long term unemployment. A report just published by European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and…

Social Justice Ireland shows ‘Troika how poor and vulnerable people can be protected in Budget 2012 and beyond

Monday, 17 October 2011

The ‘troika’ has been told that the reduction in Ireland’s borrowing in 2012 and subsequent years should be achieved by increasing taxation (but not income tax) by €2 for every €1 reduction in…

Governments must break the link between states and their banks and minimize costs to taxpayers - Chopra (IMF) supports position proposed by Social Justice Ireland

Sunday, 16 October 2011

Governments must break the link between states and their banks according to Ajai Chopra, Deputy Director, European Department, International Monetary Fund, and leader of the 'troika' currently…

Latest OECD Report on Ireland is wrong on welfare rates

Friday, 14 October 2011

Social Justice Ireland is deeply disappointed with some of the recommendations of the OECD’s latest report on Ireland. In particular we are disappointed with a number of recommendations…

Unemployed people are NOT better off on social welfare

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication of the ESRI report on ‘Tax, Welfare and Work Incentives’ which finds that 8 out of 10 people receiving welfare payments would increase their…

Fiscal Council proposals not credible - would make a bad situation worse

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

The proposals from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council to Government are simply not credible. In reality they would make a bad situation worse.

The Advisory Council has advised Government…

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council - first report - FULL TEXT and main findings

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

This first Fiscal Assessment Report, published on October 12, 2011, provides an assessment of the Government’s fiscal stance and projections as set out in the Stability Programme Update (SPU) last…

Eurostat Report an indictment of Government’s lack of support of small Irish businesses

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Social Justice Ireland is disappointed but not surprised at the results from latest Eurostat Report which has found Irish SMEs are among the least successful in the EU in accessing credit.

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Government should introduce a student loan scheme for 3rd level students in Budget 2012

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Government should introduce a student loan scheme for 3rd level students in Budget 2012. There are strong arguments from an equity perspective that those who benefit from higher education, and who…

The 2012 Budget should increase tax (but not income tax)

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Social Justice Ireland is proposing that Government should increase the total tax-take (but not income tax) by €2 for every €1 cut from public services in Budget 2012.

In a Policy…