Much has been written on what Government should do with windfall surpluses in Budget 2024, with talk of tax cuts and sovereign wealth funds dominating much debate. However, the latest World…
Each year, on the day after the annual Budget is announced, Social Justice Ireland produces an analysis and critique of that Budget. Included in that document is an assessment of the direct…
As part of the Spring Package, the European Commission has published a country report for Ireland and four country specific recommendations for 2023 and 2024. The country report examines some of the…
As we meet yet another global challenge, it is important to acknowledge that despite well documented problems and challenges, Ireland is in the privileged position of having public services and…
The current cost of living crisis highlights the deep disparities in our society. In fact, a recent report from Oxfam found that the two richest people in Ireland have more wealth than 50 per cent of…
A new Report from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), Social Enterprise on the island of Ireland (Council Report No. 161) "describes the contribution of social enterprises to…
With much focus at present on income tax, and the potential for changes in the forthcoming budget it is worthwhile in looking at the distribution of budgetary income tax changes to date. Budget 2023…
Core social welfare rates must increase by €25 in Budget 2024, and Government must commit to benchmarking social welfare rates to average weekly earnings if it is to have any impact on reducing…
Social Welfare Rates: Budget 2024 outlines what maintaining adequate levels of social welfare rates in a budgetary context entails, and outlines the case for benchmarking core social welfare rates to…
Ireland is the second most food secure country in the world, ranking behind Finland out of 113 countries, according to the Global Food Security Index 2022 (The Economist Group, 2022). The Index…
