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Budget 2021 - What is it, and how will it affect you?

Wednesday, 7 October 2020
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Budget 2021 is just around the corner.  But what is the Budget, and how will it affect you?  This short video presentation brings you through the main details about the Government Budget and when…

Child Poverty in the EU - greater focus needed

Monday, 5 October 2020
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The report ''Combating child poverty – Better targeting of Commission support required' by the European Court of Audtiors (ECA) concludes that it is almost impossible to assess how…

Budget 2021 should end the subsidising of fossil fuels

Friday, 2 October 2020
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There has, for some time now, been a consensus among the environmentally-focused scientific community that for humanity to avoid climate disaster, the vast majority of existing coal, oil and gas…

Ageing in Ireland – A Measure of Success and why we can lead the way!

Thursday, 1 October 2020
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Ageing will be a dominant theme in the 21stCentury according to The United Nations World Economic and Social Survey.  How we think about ageing can impact the policies we introduce and the…

Social Welfare rates must increase in Budget 2021

Tuesday, 29 September 2020
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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…

Huge long-term economic losses due to Covid-19 disruption to education

Monday, 28 September 2020
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The OECD has just published a paper on 'The Economic Impacts of Learning Losses'. This paper estimates that long-term impacts of Covid-19 induced learning disruption on the outcomes for students…

Child wellbeing at risk in rich countries - New Study

Friday, 25 September 2020
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The latest in the UNICEF Innocenti Report Card Series, Worlds of Influence: Understanding What Shapes Child Well-being in Rich Countries, warns that the world's richest nations must protect child…

Appropriate fiscal stance imperative for Budget 2021

Friday, 25 September 2020
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The measures necessary to slow the spread of Covid-19 have induced an extraordinary contraction in economic activity globally. The Spring 2020 Economic Forecast issued by the European Commission…

Living Wage €12.30 per hour

Wednesday, 23 September 2020
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The Living Wage remains unchanged at €12.30 per hour for 2020/2021.

Changes to the annual Living Wage rate are determined by changes in living costs and income taxes.  According to the…

Budget 2021 – a focus on wellbeing and social progress key to a fair recovery

Monday, 21 September 2020
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Budget Choices 2021 contains detailed, fully-costed Budgetary packages across more than a dozen policy areas including health, housing, education, welfare, sustainability and more; it also…