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Experts point to Climate Action as the most urgent SDG - Globescan

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

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In response to the question 'Which three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) do you think require the most urgent action?' over 500 experts representing business, government, NGOs and…

15% of all those in poverty in Ireland have a job while a quarter are children

Monday, 26 April 2021

Poverty Focus 2021 analyses the contribution that increases to welfare payments and supports have made to recent reductions in the headline poverty risk measure. While progress in reducing poverty…

Disjointed Pensions Policy will fail Older People

Friday, 23 April 2021

The Pensions Commission has completed its public consultation and is set to make its deliberations before its final recommendations to Government in June. While the issue of pension age will…

Commission on Taxation and Welfare Established

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

The Government announced yesterday (19th April 2021) the establishment of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare to look at "how best to support economic activity while ensuring sufficient…

Core social welfare rates should be benchmarked to average earnings

Monday, 19 April 2021

A lesson from past experiences of economic recovery and growth is that the weakest in our society get left behind unless welfare increases keep track with increases elsewhere in the economy.…

Living Wage

Thursday, 15 April 2021

Over the past seven years, Social Justice Ireland and other organisations have come together to form a technical group which researched and developed a Living Wage for Ireland. The latest…

Stability Programme Update raises major challenges concerning debt, infrastructure taxation, and services

Wednesday, 14 April 2021

The Government’s Stability Programme Update raises major challenges for Ireland on debt, infrastructure, taxation and services. A misplaced focus on the deficit and any return to austerity to…

c.140,000 people set to remain out of work post-Covid

Wednesday, 14 April 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought enormous uncertainty to the Irish labour market and consequently to many families throughout the country. As this article outlines, the pandemic’s labour market…

Impact of Tax and Benefit Changes on Families, 2017-2021

Monday, 12 April 2021

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 social welfare payments.

Following Budget 2021,…

Precarious Housing - The Long-term impact of Child and Youth Homelessness

Friday, 9 April 2021

New research from Canada indicates that adults who first experienced homelessness in childhood are more likely to experience precarious housing, even with Housing First Supports. This highlights…