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# Social Justice Ireland

Last year
2023
Households €551 worse off due to inflation, while risk of poverty rate increases
All time
Social Protection Minister appears to rule out €20 increase in social welfare payments
New analysis shows gap between rich and poor in Ireland is widening
Targeted welfare payments would ease cost of living pressure on lower-income workers, experts say
Over half of households in receipt of housing assistance at risk of poverty in 2020
Think tank calls for €10 per week social welfare increase
Proportion of new homes bought by institutions increased six-fold in 10 years
Ireland ranks high on education, but very poorly on climate action in progress index
One in 10 people spending over 60% of their income on rent in Ireland
How is it fair that the tourism industry still gets a subsidy of half a billion euros?
Ireland needs to increase its tax take by €3 billion to have a fair and equal society, report says
Over 100,000 people who work in Ireland are still living in poverty
Unemployment down but over 100,000 people now 'trapped' in part-time work
Think tank warns Government against prioritising higher earners in the Budget
There'll be a million over-65s in Ireland by 2031 - experts say we need a plan
One third of Irish population forced to go without basic necessities
16% of people in Ireland living below poverty line have jobs
Over 232,000 children in Ireland are living in poverty
Social Justice Ireland says Government’s new tax proposals should be rejected
IBEC: Income tax reduction needed as employers can’t afford pay increases
Cut in private pension tax break could facilitate universal pension for all over 65s
Taxes on texts and junk food proposed by Social Justice Ireland
IMF proposal on child benefit will 'victimise children'
Kenny insists HSE chief has not been forced out
Disposable income in poor households falls 18 per cent
Report: 700,000 living in poverty in Ireland
Government ‘failing its own targets’ on poverty and unemployment
Meeting Troika targets in 2012 is “not credible”, says social justice body
Bailout is “dispossessing poor and vulnerable people” of their money
‘Alternative Budget’ claims to save €3.6billion without hitting poor
Gap between rich and poor broadened since 1987