Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in any society. Consequently, the issue of child poverty deserves particular attention. Child poverty is measured as the proportion of all children…
Welfare payments target those most in need within Irish society. They also play a central role in alleviating poverty. According to the latest CSO Poverty figures, without the social welfare…
Budget 2024 includes a range of measures to address the ongoing cost of living crisis. Structurally, it follows a similar path to that adopted last year, in Budget 2023, with a mixture of…
Since the first energy credit in April 2022 Government has made a series of policy decisions in response to the cost of living crisis. Here we bring together the impact of all changes since then.…
The latest Central Statistics Office data on Fossil Fuel Subsidies shows that these subsidies were estimated at €2.9 billion in 2021, a 16 per cent increase on 2020 when fossil fuel subsidies…
Budget 2024 follows the path of Budget 2023, with Government repeating last year’s mistakes. Rather than spending this year’s surplus to support those who most need it, for whom it would have…
As the Minister for Finance prepares to present Budget 2024, another ‘cost of living budget’, to the Oireachtas tomorrow, it is worth look back at the impact that cost of living measures that…
One Monday this week, 2nd October 2023, 3,039 people from 131 countries became Irish citizens after making the declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State.
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NESC, the National Economic and Social Council is 50 this year. As part of its 50th year work programme, NESC has published a new Secretariat paper, Is Ireland Thriving? - Answers from…