When assessing the change in people’s incomes following any Budget, it is important that tax changes be included as well as changes to basic welfare payments. In our calculations we have not…
The Government’s Housing for All plan preceded Budget 2022. Our analysis of this plan shows that it fails to recognise the true scale of the housing crisis and Budget 2022 seems to fall even …
As the Minister for Finance acknowledged in his Budget speech, the past 19 months has been a period of major challenge for the healthcare system with staff, facilities and patients put under…
Ireland, like all other European countries and most other developed world states, has relied on large scale borrowing to cope with the reduction in tax revenue and pay for the various welfare and…
Appropriate and sufficient investment is vital to a balanced and fair post-Covid recovery where no-one is left behind.
Unfortunately Budget 2022 has failed to deliver the necessary…
Budget 2022 shows that Government policy is not yet focused on achieving the objectives of reducing poverty and promoting social inclusion.
Low incomes
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As we head towards Budget Day, and as budgetary negotiations continue, possible changes to tax bands and their indexation are being mooted by some as solutions to the problem of the rising cost…
A recent report from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) highlights the impacts of Covid-19 on unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, and warns that the "withdrawal of income supports…
So, what is the Budget?
It is the amount of money the Government has to spend each year, and what it decides to spend it on. On Budget Day, the Government will give a…
The future of rural Ireland is under threat as it tries to deal with the consequences of Brexit, COVID-19, and our climate crisis. How Ireland ensures rural areas and regions are supported to…
