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Assessing the Fairness of Recent Budgets

Monday, 8 July 2019

Over the past few years Social Justice Ireland has developed its ability to track the distributive impact of annual Budgets on households across Irish society.

Here, we assess the…

Why welfare rates must increase by €9 in Budget 2020

Friday, 5 July 2019

Social Justice Ireland is proposing a €9 increase in core social welfare payments to maintain their benchmark in Budget 2020. We are also proposing a €5 increase in the living alone…

Budget 2020 should invest in children and families

Friday, 5 July 2019

Investment in Children and Families is an essential investment in our social and human capital now and into the future. Our Budget 2020 submission contains a number of costed proposals in this…

Housing crisis drives Living Wage to €12.30 per hour

Wednesday, 3 July 2019

The Living Wage for the Republic of Ireland has risen to €12.30 per hour. This represents an increase of 40c over the 2018 rate of €11.90 per hour. The increase is driven by changes in the cost of…

Ireland needs an Adequate Tax-Take

Monday, 1 July 2019

Government's annual budget is the best opportunity available for policymakers to begin to tackle the various crises, challenges, and infrastructural deficits faced by Ireland. To achieve the…

UN Report outlines the stark impact climate change will have on people in poverty

Friday, 28 June 2019

The report 'Climate Change and Poverty' by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights notes that even if current targets are met, tens of millions of people will be pushed into…

Budget 2020 must contain the first major steps to tackling Ireland's accommodation crisis

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

The provision of adequate, and appropriate accommodation is a key element of Social Justice Ireland’s Social Charter framework. The Government has thus far failed spectacularly to rise to…

Affordability, not lax regulation and tax incentives, is key to addressing the housing crisis

Monday, 24 June 2019

House Prices and Affordability

In March this year, the UN wrote to Ireland to express its concerns about the commodification of housing in Ireland, stating “Heavy private housing…

OECD launches consultation on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development

Friday, 21 June 2019

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To support you to make your submission to the OECD's consultation, please see links below to our most recent work in this area.

- Social Justice Ireland's Sustainable Progress…

Social Justice Ireland submission to the Seanad Consultation Committee re Traveller participation

Wednesday, 19 June 2019

There remains many areas of public and political life from which Travellers are excluded. This exclusion begins with a lack of acknowledgement for the very existence of a Traveller culture, the…