Articles

National Recovery Plan 2011-2014- Unjust Government Plans

Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Unjust Government Plan is bad for the economy, bad for society, bad for social cohesion; it is good for rich and powerful e.g. bond-holders and corporate sector

Social Justice Ireland has issued…

IMF Paper proposes welfare reduction to ensure job creation in Ireland

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) has published a study in which it recommends that the way to raise Ireland's employment so as to avoid the persistence of the current high unemployment rate…

Ireland's total tax-take is among the lowest in the EU and should be increased to produce just and fair adjustment

Monday, 22 November 2010

Social Justice Ireland has claimed that Government’s proposals to adjust Ireland’s budget in the next four years is unjust and unfair. Government is proposing to achieve adjustments of €…

No justification for protecting the corporate sector while damaging the sick, the vulnerable and the working poor

Friday, 19 November 2010

Social Justice Ireland has challenged the current efforts by many vested interests to protect the corporate sector while allowing the weak, the vulnerable, the ill and the working poor take the…

Work for All: Why and How in a World of Rapid Change - paper by Sean Healy and Brigid Reynolds

Monday, 8 November 2010

There is one dominant framework or paradigm concerning work that is accepted in 

most of the western world. This paradigm equates meaningful work with paid 

employment. It asserts…

EU Commissioner insults Ireland's poor and vulnerable people

Monday, 8 November 2010

EU Commissioner for Economic and Monitory Affairs, Mr Olli Rehn, has insulted Ireland’s poor and vulnerable people by refusing to meet the Community and Voluntary Pillar that represents these…

7 developed countries will need to borrow larger percentage of GDP than Ireland in 2011 - IMF Report

Sunday, 7 November 2010

An overview of the borrowing  needs of fifteen major developed-country governments in 2011 shows that Ireland is the country in the middle in borrowing needs when measured as a percentage of GDP. …

Budget Submissions and proposals from various organisations and groups - 2011

Friday, 5 November 2010

The organisations include Social Justice Ireland, Community and Voluntary Pillar of Social Partnership, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, IBEC, the Environmental Pillar of Social Partnership,…

Government's approach to Budget will damage the sick, the poor and the vulnerable- Budget 2011

Monday, 1 November 2010

Social Justice Ireland has issued the following statement on the Government’s approach to the forthcoming Budget and the period to 2014.

    The Government’s…

Alternative, costed Budget shows how Government could reduce borrowing by €3bn while protecting the vulnerable in Budget 2011

Monday, 1 November 2010

Budget 2011 should eliminate tax breaks that mostly benefit the better off, should ensure the corporate sector makes a contribution towards rectifying Ireland’s current crisis, should take action…