The primary focus of Budget 2021 and 2022 should be on increasing employment and delivering infrastructure and services, NOT on reducing the deficit; it is crucially important that we do not…
It is concerning the new Programme for Government does not mention youth unemployment or a strategy to tackle it, particularly given the manner in which young people will likely be…
Increase in Financial Distress likely post-COVID-19
Over one million people were in receipt of COVID-19-related income supports as of May this year. 584,641 were in…
The Programme for Government of the 33rd Dáil contains a commitment to continuing the pathway started by the previous government to roll out a system of auto-enrolment into private pensions for…
A robust Social Dialogue process with the broad-based enhancement of capabilities in the economy and society at its core would assist in driving a sustainable recovery from the current crisis that…
The COVID-19 crisis highlighted, among other things, the importance of community and a community-based response. Yet this importance is often not reflected in the decision-making processes that…
The commitment to using wellbeing indicators alongside economic indicators in the Programme for Government is welcome. Creating a sustainable Ireland requires the adoption of new indicators to…
The International Institute for Management Development recently published the World Competitiveness Rankings for 2020. Each country’s ranking is based on an analysis of more than 235 indicators…
A sustainable environment, a sustainable society and a sustainable economy require thriving communities across the entire country, but especially in rural areas. It requires leadership and…
The vast profits made by property speculators on the rezoning of land by local authorities was a particularly undesirable feature of the Celtic Tiger years.
For some time, Social…
