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Budget 2018 Analysis and Response Webinar

Wednesday, 11 October 2017

Social Justice Ireland's Analysis and Response to Budget 2018.

Government income tax proposals are unjust and unfair

Tuesday, 3 October 2017
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Some tax proposals currently being considered by Government should be rejected because they would give far greater benefit to people earning higher incomes than to lower income employees according…

Social Justice Ireland publication wins award

Monday, 2 October 2017
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Social Justice Ireland's recent book entitled Basic Income: Radical Utopia or Practical Solution? has received an award for original work in Irish Fiscal Policy from…

Universal Basic Income - an idea whose time has almost come

Friday, 15 September 2017
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Social Justice Ireland's work on developing a Universal Basic Income for Ireland was acknowledged by Noel Whelan in his op-ed article in The Irish Times on September 15, 2017.

 In this…

The gap between Ireland’s minimum wage and the living wage has major implications for living standards

Monday, 11 September 2017
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Ireland’s National Minimum Wage does not allow people to live what is considered a minimum socially acceptable standard of living in Ireland, and the planned increase in 2018 will not do much to…

Literacy in a Digital World

Friday, 8 September 2017
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International Literacy Day (8 September) will be celebrated across the world under the theme of ‘Literacy in a digital world’. The overall aim to look at what kind of literacy skills people need…

Government must build 90,000 social housing units or accept failure on housing policy

Monday, 4 September 2017
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The current approach to housing policy in Ireland is not working; the private sector will never build social housing units on the scale required.  Government must commit to building sufficient…

Budget 2018 should be economically sound and socially fair

Monday, 17 July 2017
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Budget 2018 should substantially increase investment in infrastructure such as social housing and rural broadband, should address major problems in services like healthcare and education, should…

Investment must take priority over tax cuts in Budget 2018

Wednesday, 28 June 2017
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Ireland is under-investing in key areas such as education, social housing and rural broadband. In order to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth public investment must be given priority in…

Over 250 Non-Goverment Organisations launch Alternative Vision for Europe

Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Social Justice Ireland has joined more than 250 non-government organisations from across Europe who have today released an alternative vision for a more democratic, just and sustainable…