Both the academic and moral basis for ‘austerity’ have been discredited and its credibility has been undermined.
Public service pay is only one of a range of areas that need to be addressed in a coherent and integrated manner if the common good is to guide decisions on Ireland’s future. Issues such as taxati
An Oireachtas Committee report published February 19, 2013 recommends that Government consider the proposal to create a Part-Time Job Opportunities programme advocated by Social Justice Ireland.
The increase in the proportion of Ireland’s population at risk of poverty, (from 14.7% to 16.0% in one year) clearly identifies a major policy failure by Government which has imposed a disproportio
A new Caritas Europa study, reveals disturbing levels of poverty and deprivation in the five EU countries worst hit by the economic crisis; Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Social Justice Ireland welcomes the publication by The World Bank of a report on Basic Income schemes in 28 Sub-Saharan countries. Entitled The Cash Dividend: The ris
The Government’s new child poverty target could be reached while child poverty continues to grow! No target set to reduce the numbers of ‘working poor’ - means major group continues t
There are 920m people in the Global South living on less than $1.25 a day.
CAFOD, the UK development aid organisation, has warned that the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ rankings are actively harming the poor.
Child Benefit should not be reduced. There are other choices Government could make that would be fairer and more equitable.
