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Government launches the National Implementation Plan for the SDGs

Monday, 30 April 2018

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The Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020 (the Plan) is a critical step for Ireland in achieving its goals under the SDGs. The Plan consists of 19 high-level…

Social Justice Ireland submission on Ireland’s National Reform Programme

Monday, 23 April 2018

The Government has today published the National Reform Programme 2018 (NRP) which has been submitted to the European Commission. In informing this debate, Social Justice Ireland provided…

Viability for Affordable Residential Developments, Building on Shaky Ground

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Last week (12th April 2018), the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government released its Review of Delivery Costs and Viability for Affordable Residential Developments, which…

Shadow Report on Ireland’s progress under the Sustainable Development Goals: Social Justice Ireland’s submission to Coalition 2030

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Social Justice Ireland is delighted to be part of Coalition 2030, working together to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to provide our Sustainable Progress Index (the…

Mortgage Arrears - 35,000 people at risk of homelessness

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Research released today by the Central Bank of Ireland shows that 44 percent of mortgages in late stage mortgage arrears, over 12,700 households (c.34,969 people), are now more than five years in…

Overall tax take needs to increase by €3bn to fund a fair and equal society

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Social Justice Ireland publishes its annual Socio-Economic Review today, and calls for an increase in Ireland's overall tax take of €3bn. This must be the first step on the path to…

Homelessness reaches new record high

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Latest figures from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government make for depressing reading, as homelessness in Ireland has reached another all-time high. Most shockingly, the…

Basic Income - The Time is Now

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

On the 23rd January 2018, the Council of Europe voted in favour of a resolution to adopt a Universal Basic Income with a 52 per cent majority reportedly based on a resolution adopted by the…

People of working age far less likely to have a job the further they are from Dublin

Monday, 26 March 2018

The proportion of people of working age in the regions further away from Dublin that have jobs has fallen by far more than on the eastern side of the country since the financial crisis.…

Now is the time to introduce Refundable Tax Credits

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Yesterday, Social Justice Ireland published Poverty Focus 2018, a new annual publication that looks at the figures behind poverty in Ireland. This year’s edition of Poverty…