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Ireland should “Put people at the centre of policy measures,” according to UN expert on extreme poverty

Friday, 21 January 2011

The economic and financial crisis in Ireland poses a disproportionate threat to vulnerable segments in the country who benefitted little from its economic boom in the first place, the UN…

The EU/IMF Bailout is unjust and unfair - it should be re-negotiated

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Social Justice Ireland believes that:

- Ireland is in an extraordinarily precarious position as it seeks to meet the requirements of the EU/IMF bailout programme.

- …

Climate Change Bill is weak and should be strengthened

Thursday, 13 January 2011

Social Justice Ireland welcomes Government’s publication of the Climate Change Response Bill 2010. While some of its proposals are welcome the Bill is weaker than the Government’s Framework…

Ireland has one of the worst levels of social justice among OECD member states

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Ireland is the fourth most socially unjust of the OECD member countries according to the Bertelsmann Foundation. The study examines social justice as a measure of citizen’s participation in…

Income Changes – a 25-year Assessment: Welfare rates should NOT have been reduced

Thursday, 16 December 2010

Was it fair to cut welfare rates in Budget 2011? Did the increases in social welfare rates in the mid-2000s justify a reduction in rates in Budget 2011? The Minister for Finance and the…

Unjust choices rob the poor, protect gamblers, damage the economy Budget 2011

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Budget 2011 is unjust, unfair and unacceptable. The choices made will rob the poor to protect people and institutions who caused many of Ireland’s problems through their reckless gambling with…

Full text of the EU/IMF Programme Documents

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Full text of the EU/IMF Programme Documents can be accessed here

Details of Bailout programme measures: fiscal, structural reforms and bank measures

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Fiscal Measures in the Programme

Taxation

Lowering of personal income tax bands and credits or equivalent measures

A reduction in pension tax relief and pension related…

The EU Commission, the IMF and the Irish Government continue to insult Ireland's poor and vulnerable people

Monday, 29 November 2010

The insult to Ireland’s poor and vulnerable people originally perpetrated by EU Commissioner for Economic and Monitory Affairs, Mr Olli Rehn (when he refused to meet representatives of these…

Agreement with EU, ECB and IMF leaves Ireland's poorest people paying for debts accumulated by banking gamblers

Sunday, 28 November 2010

Ireland's negotiations with the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF were concluded on Sunday, November 28, 2010. The bottom line is that Ireland's tax-payers, poor people and vulnerable…

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