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Banks should pay their fair share - Social Justice Ireland welcomes EU proposal for a financial transaction tax -

Thursday, 29 September 2011

Social Justice Ireland strongly welcomes the progress made towards introducing a Financial Transaction Tax in the EU.  This would be a very efficient mechanism to ensure banks and…

Bill Gates proposes a Financial Transaction Tax to G20 to Fund Development

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Bill Gates has given his support to a campaign to put a small tax on financial trades (known as a Financial Transaction Tax - FTT). In a note presented to the G20 he proposes to generate up to $…

Global economic downturn makes Ireland’s Bailout Agreement targets even more unlikely to be achieved.

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

The global economy is in a dangerous new phase according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its World Economic Outlook published September 20, 2011, the IMF states that global activity…

Ireland’s Overseas Development Assistance Budget set to fall for the fourth year in a row

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Ireland is heading for the fourth year in a row in which its Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) Budget will fall as a percentage of Gross National Product. According to the annual report of…

How can we shape Ireland’s future?

Thursday, 15 September 2011

In recent decades little attention has been paid to issues concerning the future. However, the future, how it should be shaped and who should be involved in shaping it has never been more…

Five reasons why there is NO justification for Government to reduce social welfare rates in Budget 2013

Thursday, 15 September 2011

There is absolutely no justification for Government to reduce social welfare rates in Budget 2013 according to Social Justice Ireland.

Speaking at the Minister for Social Protection's…

Review of State Assets - Full texts and recommendations

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

The Report of the Review Group  on State Assets and Liabilities was published by Government on April 20, 2011. The full list of recommendations contained in the report was published also in the…

Sharing Responsibility in Shaping the Future

Monday, 29 August 2011

Sharing Responsibility in Shaping the Future was published on September 14, 2011.  This social policy book examines issues regarding the issue of sharing responsibility for…

New Voices, Different Perspectives - publication by the AfricaAdapt network highlights excellent work on environment in Africa

Friday, 12 August 2011

There are 920m people in the Global South living on less than $1.25 a day. In a world with resources many times what is required to eliminate global poverty this situation isintolerable.

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Benchmarking Social Welfare Rates @ 30% of Gross Average Industrial Earnings

Friday, 12 August 2011

Social Justice Ireland commissioned this brief report with the intention of establishing an appropriate benchmark for Ireland’s social welfare payments. The need for this study arises given…