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For the good of the economy and for the good of society Ireland must reduce its inequality

Friday, 28 September 2018
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With 800,000 people in poverty, record numbers on healthcare waiting lists and more than 3,800 children homeless, Ireland is a profoundly unequal place.  Inequality hurts the economy, leading to…

Budget 2019 should invest in social infrastructure, rather than in tax cuts

Monday, 24 September 2018
Budget

Ireland now has the resources to ensure that Budget 2019 addresses the key challenges facing Irish people. The question is whether Government has the political courage to invest in our social…

Most Budget 2019 tax proposals would favour rich at expense of lower income workers

Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Income distribution

Just two of the income taxation proposals currently under consideration for Budget 2019 would produce fair outcomes: an increase in the personal tax credit for everyone or a reduction in the 0.5%…

Joint Committee on Climate Action to further examine the Citizen’s Assembly Report How the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling Climate Change

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
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Ireland ranks second-last of the EU28 in terms of ambition and progress on tackling climate change, according to a study by Climate Action Network due to our “stiff opposition to climate action…

Over 12,800 local organisations are now members of Public Participation Networks

Thursday, 6 September 2018

Public Participation Networks (PPNs) were set up to provide a mechanism by which citizens can have a greater say in local government decisions which affect their own communities, and by all…

10,000 homeless (including 3,600 children), 86,000 households on waiting lists – Government policy is a dramatic failure

Tuesday, 4 September 2018
homelessness

The Government has failed to respond to our nation’s housing crisis. Mortgage arrears are again increasing, there are almost 86,000 households on social housing waiting lists, and 10,000 homeless…

One million on hospital waiting lists and children sleeping in Garda stations – Ireland’s worsening crises

Friday, 10 August 2018
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One fifth of the population on waiting lists

Data published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund indicates that almost one million people are waiting for patient appointments in…

Social Justice Ireland welcomes the Vacant Housing Reuse Strategy, but greater urgency needed

Monday, 30 July 2018
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There are almost 86,000 households identified in the Summary of Social Housing Needs Assessment 2017, almost a quarter of which have been waiting over 7 years, and over 61% have been waiting over…

€500m subsidy to accommodation sector not justifiable

Monday, 23 July 2018

Government should stop subsidising the Accommodation and Food Services sector and instead should incentivise the kind of jobs that allow workers to achieve a decent standard of living, according…

With 800,000 in poverty, 700,000 on healthcare waiting lists and 10,000 homeless, its time to tackle Ireland's inequality

Tuesday, 17 July 2018
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Ireland is a relatively rich country – one of the five richest countries in the world in 2016 according to Fortune Magazine, yet we have a pervasive inequality problem.  Ireland’s market…