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A Wellbeing Framework towards the SDGs

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

On Friday, 18th February, Social Justice Ireland published Measuring Success: Sustainable Progress Index 2022, analysing Ireland's progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and…

Social Protection Expenditure in Ireland 2020

Monday, 21 February 2022

Social Protection Expenditure in Ireland increased by 20% between 2019 and 2020 according to the latest CSO data. Social protection expenditure was €58.2 billion in 2020, a rise of €9.8bn (20%)…

Ireland Ranks 10th out of 14 EU countries on UN Sustainable Development Goals

Friday, 18 February 2022

Ireland ranks 10th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index, commissioned by Social Justice Ireland. Written by Prof. Charles M.A. Clark of St John’s…

Wellbeing in Recovery - The OECD Covid-19 Dashboard for Ireland

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

The OECD has recently released its Covid-19 Recovery Dashboard, a selection of twenty indicators that aims to monitor the recovery of OECD countries from the pandemic. Spread across four…

Time for policy coherence to meet climate goals

Monday, 14 February 2022

Electricity consumption by data centres has increased by 144% between 2015 and 2020. This is according to the most recent data from the CSO on the metred electricity consumption of data centres…

Government cost of living package fails to reach many of the most vulnerable

Thursday, 10 February 2022

Those who were left behind in Budget 2022 have been left behind again in Government’s cost of living package. Government’s plan to tackle the rising cost of living proves, once again, that this…

Dealing with the increased cost of living

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Two practical ways to reduce the cost of living would be to benchmark core social welfare rates to 27.5 per cent of average weekly earnings and to make the two main tax credits refundable. By…

Impact of education levels on employment outcomes

Monday, 7 February 2022

Access to appropriate education and skills development from early years to adulthood is one of the key public services that enables participation in society, public life and the labour market. …

Locked out of the Market Report – For HAP tenants, the new normal is the old normal

Friday, 4 February 2022

Many changes have taken place within the private rental market over the last 2 years. The travel restrictions in place resulted in many short term lets converting to longer term lets. The…

Housing Completions 13,000 below Housing for All Target in 2021

Wednesday, 2 February 2022

The latest data from the CSO shows that just 20,433 dwellings were built in 2021, 93 less than 2020 and almost 13,000 less than the Housing for All target of 33,000. One in every four new…