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Time to implement policies to meet Sustainable Development Goal #1 - No Poverty

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
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International perspective

While the social and living conditions (Human Development Index) of every developing region increased considerably between 1990 and 2015 progress…

Fairer Income Tax Choices were Possible in Budget 2019

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
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Budget 2019 included an income tax package with a full year cost of €356m (€123m on USC reductions, €161m on income tax reductions and €72m on credit increases).

Social Justice Ireland'…

Government needs a defined ODA strategy

Tuesday, 16 October 2018

Budget 2019 allocated €817m to Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme; an increase of approximately €110m on Budget 2018. This is a significant increase and the government is to…

Budget 2019 fails to grasp the nettle of real reform

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Budget 2019 fails to make any notable impact on Ireland’s entrenched inequalities and fails to tackle any of the major challenges the country currently faces.  

This Budget pays lip…

Budget 2019, Your PPN, Your Community and You

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Budget 2019 failed to grasp the nettle of real reform in areas such as housing, healthcare, education and so on.  In this short presentation, we bring you through the Highs and Lows of Budget 2019…

Budget 2019 FAQs - What is the Budget and How does it affect you?

Monday, 8 October 2018

Budget 2019 will be announced on Tuesday, 9th October, at 1pm.  But what is the Budget, how does it affect you and how can you have your say? Click on our Slideshow to find out.

Motion passed on Housing Emergency

Friday, 5 October 2018
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It is telling that 10,000 marching publicly through the streets of Dublin could create the impact that 10,000 people moving silently through the nations’ hotels, hostels and B&Bs could not.…

Fairness in Changing Income Taxes - October 2019

Monday, 1 October 2018

As part of our Budgetary research Social Justice Ireland published Fairness and Changing Income Taxes on 1st October.  The analysis highlights the distributive impact taxation policy…

Many of Ireland's richest pay lower tax rates than ordinary working people

Saturday, 29 September 2018
Fair taxation

Yesterday, the Irish Times reported that more than 80 of the country’s richest taxpayers declared taxable income less than the average industrial wage in 2015. This was based on a study by the…

Social Housing Need: At least 110,000 households in need of sustainable social housing

Friday, 28 September 2018
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In 2011, the number of households assessed as having a social housing need was 98,318 – the highest number since 1993 (when it was 28,200).  A change in the way need was calculated, and a removal…