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Budget 2022 must embrace need for new priorities

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
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Despite significant progress over the past few months, Ireland remains in a period of enormous uncertainty. Optimistic assumptions point towards a rebound in economic activity and employment from…

Budget 2022 - Delivering a Fair Recovery

Monday, 5 July 2021
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Budget 2022 must build on the lessons learned from the pandemic. The choices Government makes must be focused on building a future that is prosperous, sustainable and fair.  To this end Budget…

Home, school and wellbeing in DEIS and non-DEIS schools

Friday, 2 July 2021
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'Beyond Achievement: Home, school and wellbeing findings from PISA 2018 for students in DEIS and non-DEIS schools' is the latest report from the Educational Research centre examining the home and…

Thriving Community and Voluntary sector is key to vibrant communities

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
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Community and Voluntary organisations have a long history of providing services and infrastructure at local and national level. They are engaged in most, if not all, areas of Irish society. They…

CAP funds attributed to climate action had little impact on emissions

Monday, 28 June 2021
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The European Court of Auditors (ECA) Special Report on the Common Agricultural Policy and Climate has found that the €100 billion of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funds attributed to climate…

Ireland signs Lisbon Declaration on Combatting Homelessness

Friday, 25 June 2021
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On Monday, the 21st of June, various EU institutions across civil society alongside local and regional authorities came together to launch the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness and to…

Growing Up in Ireland - the lives of nine-year olds

Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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The latest publication in the Growing Up in Ireland study provides very useful information on the lives of nine-year-olds, and the impact of gender and family circumstances on the experiences and…

Government Success Depends on Delivery

Monday, 21 June 2021
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The Programme for Government contained several commitments which, if fully resourced and implemented, would represent significant steps towards creating a fairer and more just Ireland. As we…

SDG 8: Ireland’s Progress in Decent Work and Economic Growth

Friday, 18 June 2021
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Economic Growth  

Target 1 is to ‘sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent…

More than 1 in 4 HAP Tenancies not sustainable while real Social Housing need up 33%

Wednesday, 16 June 2021
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In March 2021, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage published the 2020 Social Housing Construction Statistics Report. Page 4 of this Report makes for interesting reading in…