Public Services

Managing Change to Build a Just Society – Policy Outcomes for a New Social Contract - Conference

Friday, 15 November 2024
Social Policy Conference flyer 2024

On Wednesday, 13th November 2024, Social Justice Ireland held our Annual Social Policy Conference. This year's Conference was on the theme 'Managing Change to Build a Just Society – Policy…

Ensuring Equal Access to Justice for All

Monday, 14 October 2024
access to legal aid

The 2023 FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) Annual Report highlights the importance of ensuring access to justice, with transformative outcomes in pivotal areas of law, policy reform, and public legal…

Budget 2025 must focus on building resilience rather than the upwards redistribution of resources

Monday, 2 September 2024
budget 4

Government should use its final Budget to adopt recurring taxation and expenditure measures which prioritise building resilience, protect vulnerable groups and invest in much needed infrastructure…

Digitalisation in Ireland

Thursday, 8 August 2024
Digital Transition

With each passing year, more and more of our lives are moved online. With many still working from home or all or part of their working week, good quality, affordable, reliable internet connection is…

Supporting active and green travel

Monday, 5 August 2024
sustainable public transport

According to the National Household Travel Survey 2022, 69 per cent of all journeys taken in 2022 were by private car. Walking is the second most popular form of transport, accounting for 20 per of…

Budget 2025 should close income gaps and build resilient public services

Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Budget

Government should use its final Budget to close the income gaps which have opened as a result of temporary measures in last year’s budget.  These measures, concentrated among welfare dependent…

Social Justice Matters: 2024 guide to a fairer Irish society

Monday, 29 April 2024
SER 2024 Cover

In this socio-economic review for 2024 Social Justice Ireland presents a detailed analysis of a range of key matters which are central to social justice; a vision of Ireland’s future as a…

Household Digital Consumer Behaviour 2023

Friday, 19 January 2024
Household Digital Consumer Behaviour 2023

A recent report from the CSO, 'Household Digital Consumer Behaviour 2023' found that using email is still the most popular internet activity with 93 per cent of internet users surveyed in 2023 saying…

Digitalisation - Internet Coverage and Usage in Ireland 2023

Friday, 15 December 2023
CSO Infographic Internet Coverage and Usage in Ireland 2023

With each passing year, more and more of our lives are moved online. With many still working from home for all or part of their working week, good quality, affordable, reliable internet connection is…

Annual Sustainable Growth Survey

Monday, 4 December 2023
EU Ireland Flag

The European Commission has recently published the ‘Annual Sustainable Growth Survey’, launching the 2024 European Semester cycle of economic policy coordination. The report puts forward an agenda to…