In our Budget Choices 2023 submission, Social Justice Ireland called for an additional €1.4bn to be made available for social housing construction by Local Authorities and AHBs…
Budget 2023 saw the combined funding for education reach €13.4 billion; a €9.6 billion allocation for the Department of Education and a € 3.8 billion for the Department of Further and Higher…
Life on a low income is the norm for a large proportion of our society. One in every nine people in Ireland lives with an income below the poverty line (11.6 per cent of the population). Based on…
The Government’s Budget 2023 widened the rich/poor gap by €199 next year. Despite the welcome temporary measures to address the cost of living and energy crisis, in the long run this Budget will…
The most recent data on environmental taxes in Ireland relates to 2021 and was published in by the Central Statistics Office in July. The data shows a total of €4.8 billion of environment…
A €20 increase in core social welfare payments in Budget 2023 must be part of a suite of targeted measures to support households on fixed incomes. A social welfare payment should provide an…
As we approach the end of Global Goals week, Eurostat recently published an EU update on education attainment levels. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) 'Quality education' set the goal of…
According to data from the Property Price Register released by the CSO, the number of new home purchases increased steadily from 2010 to 2019, before dipping slightly in 2020 and rising again in…
One of the fundamental principles of a Just Transition is to leave no people, communities, economic sectors or regions behind as we transition to a low carbon future. There is enough room for…
The European Commission has published the European Care Strategy to ensure quality, affordable and accessible care services right across the European Union and seeks to improve the situation for…
