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Government must ensure employment crisis does not turn into social crisis

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

The OECD has published Employment Outlook 2020. The report notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered one of the worst jobs crises since the Great Depression and the real danger that the…

Ireland and SDG 4 - Quality Education

Monday, 24 August 2020

Access to equitable and quality education through all stages of life is the aim of SDG4. It focuses on increasing the number of youth and adults with employment and entrepreneurship opportunities…

The dangers of Brexit have not gone away

Friday, 21 August 2020

It's not so long ago that Brexit and its potential effect on Irish society was the story that couldn't be shifted from the top of the news agenda, and was the focus of so much of the Irish…

Budget 2021 must address lack of domestic abuse refuge spaces

Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Statistics produced by Safe Ireland indicate that 1,138 women and 1,667 children were accommodated in a refuge in 2018. Some 9,971 individual women and 2,572 individual children received some…

Budget Income Tax Changes since 2014

Monday, 17 August 2020

Budget 2021 follows a series of budgets over recent years that have frequently given emphasis to providing reductions in income taxation. Looking back over the past two decades, data from the…

Commitments to end Direct Provision must begin with Budget 2021

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

By the end of 2018 there were 6,252 applicants for International Protection living in Direct Provision centres across the State, with centres reaching almost full capacity by December 2018. Since…

Investment priorities for children and families in Budget 2021

Monday, 10 August 2020

Investment priorities for Children and Families Budget 2021

Investment in children and families is an essential investment in our social and human capital now and into the…

Distributional effects of the last 4 Budgets

Friday, 7 August 2020

As the first Budget of the Government of the 33rd Dáil approaches in October, it is interesting and instructive to analyse the distributional impact of tax and benefit changes that were…

Budget 2021 must support our ageing population

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Covid-19 disproportionately affected older people, particularly those accommodated in congregated settings. People aged 65+ accounted for 25 per cent of all Covid-19 cases, 55 per cent of all…

Sustainable Capital Spending will support investment and recovery

Monday, 3 August 2020

Sustainable Capital Spending

One of the objectives of Budget 2021 must be to support demand through Government capital expenditure. It is important that this capital…