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Lifelong Learning will be a key part of pandemic recovery

Monday, 15 November 2021

The OECD Skills Outlook 2021 looks at the need for countries to improve efforts to support lifelong learning to enable people to navigate a rapidly changing world of work shaped by globalisation…

Environmental Rights and the Community

Friday, 12 November 2021

The UN Climate Change Conference, COP26 comes to a close this week. However, for those involved in achieving the climate action goals of COP26, the work continues.

Communities are working…

Little Housing for All as new dwelling completions fall

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

According to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), new dwelling completions fell by 7.7 per cent in Q3 2021, compared to the same period last year. Less than 5,000 homes were…

Progress towards ODA Targets in Budget 2022

Monday, 8 November 2021

Budget 2022 allocated €1.044bn to Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme; an increase of €140m overall including an increase of €33.9m in the allocation from the Department of…

Time to COP on to Climate Change

Friday, 5 November 2021

This week, the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference is taking place in Glasgow. This is a summit that will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and…

Sustainability, the Environment & Just Transition in Budget 2022

Wednesday, 3 November 2021

While Budget 2022 contains some welcome measures on the environment it could have been more ambitious in implementing the policies and reforms required to meet our climate targets.

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Impact of Tax & Benefit Changes, 2020-2022

Monday, 1 November 2021

Budget 2022 marks the second Budget of the current Government. On this page we track the cumulative impact of changes to income taxation and welfare over the Government’s two Budgets.

At…

Homelessness becoming normal as no effort to end it in sight

Friday, 29 October 2021

Housing for All commits to “working towards” eliminating homelessness by 2030 while simultaneously committing to increase resources for emergency homeless accommodation. A commitment to actually…

Effective Tax Rates after Budget 2022 and Why Ireland remains a low tax country

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

Central to a thorough understanding of income taxation in Ireland are effective tax rates. These rates are calculated by comparing the total amount of income tax a person pays with their pre-tax…

Europe: From the Crash to Covid and Beyond

Tuesday, 26 October 2021

‘From the Crash to Covid and Beyond’ is the thirteenth publication in Social Justice Ireland’s European Research Series. The data in this report surveys trends between the financial crisis of…