Articles

Time to reform Corporation Taxation and Subsidies

Friday, 2 August 2019
minimum corporate tax

Budget 2020 is the ideal time to reform how Ireland does corporate taxation. At present, too many firms get away with paying low effective rates or availing of overly generous subsidies or tax…

Launch of the SDG Hub to track Ireland’s progress towards the SDGs

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
sdg hub

What are the Sustainable Development Goals?

The Global Goals for Sustainable Development were adopted at the UN General Assembly on 25th September 2015 and came into effect…

What are we doing to prepare for the impact of automation on the regions?

Monday, 29 July 2019
Job Centre

A report by the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre in UCC ‘Automation and Irish Towns: Who’s Most at Risk’ found that two out of every five jobs in Ireland are at high risk of…

Ireland's changing demographics must be taken account of in Budget 2020

Friday, 26 July 2019

Social Justice Ireland is seriously concerned that Government is not planning sufficiently for the changes that Ireland’s ageing population will bring. Over the coming decades there will…

Fairer income tax options are available in Budget 2020

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
fair tax

Possible changes to income taxation levels have been highlighted as a potential policy reform in Budget 2020. Social Justice Ireland believes that the best reform to the income taxation…

Budget 2020 an opportunity to build on progress on Overseas Aid

Monday, 22 July 2019
oda

While Ireland faces a number of challenges, including deficits in our public services and infrastructure, unacceptable rates of poverty, and high levels of national debt, it is important to…

Social Justice Ireland welcomes the launch of the National Social Enterprise Policy

Friday, 19 July 2019
social enterprise policy cover

The new National Social Enterprise Policy contains, for the first time, a definition of Social Enterprise for Ireland.  This definition states:

A Social Enterprise is an enterprise…

Time for a Site Value Tax to replace Ireland’s LPT

Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Ireland’s Local Property Tax (LPT) is increasingly not fit for purpose. It is time for Government to acknowledge this and implement a Site Value Tax in its place.

Before the implementation…

Budget 2020 must take heed of deficits in Ireland's education system

Monday, 15 July 2019
education

Investment in education at all levels and throughout the life cycle can deliver a more equal society and prepare citizens to participate in a democracy. Social Justice Ireland has…

Do we really value caring?

Wednesday, 10 July 2019
carers

A recent study by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and Social Research Institute presents some very interesting data on caring and unpaid work in Ireland.  In…