How is Ireland doing? In a country that still is unable to provide secure affordable housing, timely access to healthcare, support children with extra educational needs and has almost 595,000 people…
On Wednesday, 16th November 2022, Social Justice Ireland held our Annual Social Policy Conference. This year's Conference was on the theme 'Towards Wellbeing for All'. We posed the question…
The Living Wage Technical Group, of which Social Justice Ireland is part has today called for the introduction of a real living wage of €13.85 per hour. This represents a 7% (€0.95) change…
Less than 24 hours after Budget 2023 was announced, Social Justice Ireland produce the first comprehensive analysis of the Budget - the winners, the losers and what needs to happen next.…
The Government’s Budget 2023 widened the rich/poor gap by €199 next year. Despite the welcome temporary measures to address the cost of living and energy crisis, in the long run this Budget will be…
In October 2020, the Irish Government published its first paper on the introduction of a Wellbeing Framework and, since then, has been working on what should be included to measure how well Ireland…
Results from Census 2016 provide the most recent insight into the scale and nature of disability in Ireland. In a document published in November 2017, the CSO reported that a total of 643,131 people…
A major question raised by the current labour-market situation concerns assumptions underpinning culture and policymaking in this area. The priority given to paid employment over other forms of work…
2011 marked a year where Ireland was in deep economic crisis as the banking and property crash continued to unfold. Unsurprisingly, the labour market is transformed since then with an additional 407,…
The coming decade will be one of transformation as we try to meet our climate goals. This edition of National Social Monitor ‘Just Transition’ sets out some specific policies that Social Justice…
