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Investment in education at all levels is essential in Budget 2022

Friday, 30 July 2021

Investment in education at all levels is essential in Budget 2022. The Covid-19 crisis has generated the greatest disruption in educational opportunity worldwide in a generation and has…

Ireland and the Europe 2020 Strategy- A Review

Wednesday, 28 July 2021

‘Ireland and the Europe 2020 Strategy - A review of the social inclusion aspects of Ireland’s National Reform Programme’ covers three of the five headline targets established in the Europe 2020…

Citizen participation and building real engagement at local level is vital to democratic process

Monday, 26 July 2021

Citizen participation is key to a thriving democracy. It has become clear that we need a new forum and structure for discussing issues on which people disagree as political and mass communication…

Benchmarking Social Welfare Rates

Friday, 23 July 2021

The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted a number of aspects of the welfare state and the importance of properly provided and funded public services in countries across the world. Among the many…

Delivering a Work-led Recovery with Budget 2022

Wednesday, 21 July 2021

Budget 2022 needs to prepare Irish society for the inevitable social and public policy challenges that are likely to appear as the pandemic subsides. Among the most visible of these will be…

An equity scheme for Long Term Mortgage Arrears

Monday, 19 July 2021

The Central Bank of Ireland published a series of papers this week on the subject of mortgage arrears. One of these papers 'Long-term mortgage arrears: Analytical evidence for policy…

Summer Economic Statement: Capital Investment welcome, but austerity risk remains

Friday, 16 July 2021

On Wednesday, 14th July 2021, the Government published the Summer Economic Statement, setting out the economic position prior to Budget 2022. Social Justice Ireland welcomes the…

Minimum social welfare rates should increase by €10 in Budget 2022

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Social Justice Ireland is proposing a €10 increase in core social welfare payments in Budget 2022. This would set Government on the correct path to benchmark social welfare rates to 27.5…

Ireland has exceeded 2020 emissions targets

Monday, 12 July 2021

Ireland has exceeded its the EU targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions for 2013-2020 by 12.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent according to new projections from the Environmental…

Distribution of Tax and Benefit Changes, 2017-2021

Friday, 9 July 2021

Social Justice Ireland’s income model tracks the distributive impact of annual budgets on households across Irish society. As different priorities can be articulated for each Budget, it…