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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 7
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There are four key steps for such a
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• The first is macroeconomic stab
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In this chapter we will chart the b
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(O’Connor et. al., 2012: 69). The
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What are the reasons for the emerge
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produce greater and more lasting pr
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esembles the German tradition of or
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market, became the first country to
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the European Stability Mechanism (E
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Chart 2.11 Comparison of 10-year Go
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pressing concerns surrounding the l
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2.1.3 The Troika programme, 2010-20
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Table 2.6 - Poverty and Deprivation
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a reduction in total expenditure (i
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Table 2.7 - A policy framework for
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Chart 2.13 - Maturity Dates of Iris
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These figures are from an extremely
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A key part of Ireland’s industria
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Employment has finally begun to ris
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is becoming ever more urgent for Ir
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c) New Indicators Creating a sustai
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analysed in this section, indicates
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weekly income level will be counted
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Table 3.3: The numbers of people be
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Table 3.5 looks at adults only and
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This reflected the rise in unemploy
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2001. These are the years that the
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Table 3.11: Levels of deprivation f
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Moving to persistent poverty Social
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Chart 3.1: Percentage difference in
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the years to come (Mallon and Healy
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Chart 3.3: Ireland’s Income Distr
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Table 3.15: The distribution of hou
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Table 3.17: Gini coefficient measur
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Individualising social welfare paym
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for every euro earned the person wi
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• Provide substantial new measure
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Table 4.1: The changing nature of I
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Looking to the years immediately ah
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may be some return from a number of
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Taxation and competitiveness Anothe
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Reforming and broadening the tax ba
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Analysis of High Income Individuals
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with little benefit in terms of job
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Results from Census 2011 indicated
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• The major components of these a
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Standard rating discretionary tax e
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Although all of the income taxation
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demonstrates the equity attached to
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• Would incentivise employment ov
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this complexity vary but they are f
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This transformation in the labour m
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Table 5.3: Unemployment in Ireland,
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Previous experiences, in Ireland an
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The Live Register While the live re
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Even the most optimistic economic a
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The need to recognise voluntary wor
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- Ensure that the social welfare sy
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increasing taxation in Ireland has
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library services Libraries play an
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cent in households in the bottom 20
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the supply of these services. Socia
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Sports A report carried out by Inde
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developments. Complex regulation al
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Housing: a New philosophy Given the
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subsequent failure to implement a s
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Table 7.2- Population and housing s
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Social Justice Ireland believes tha
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or green areas and are located a go
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Table 7.5 - Mortgage Arrears Jun-12
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country. The most recent assessment
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(25 per cent) of households, with t
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Table 7.8 Percentage distribution o
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esulting in this mechanism becoming
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2013 nearly 2000 units were leased
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Social Justice Ireland has also pre
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Housing and children Factors which
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• Government should also meet com
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poverty and Health Health is not ju
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life expectancy According to Eurost
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Health stating that it will not be
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Table 8.2 - EU 27 Expenditure on He
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Figure 8.1 - Expenditure on health
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older people’s services Although
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people in their own homes/communiti
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Children and family services There
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catchment areas and community menta
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The sustained high level of suicide
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• Continue to facilitate and fund
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Education in Ireland - the numbers
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with significant increases projecte
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for both individuals and the state
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cause of considerable concern for p
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Department has transferred responsi
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minimum of 30 per cent of all enrol
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costs, repaying such borrowing when
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communities. Census 2011 showed tha
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers Until r
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Social Justice Ireland proposes tha
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This emigration ‘brain drain’,
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Backbenchers have little control ov
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economic, social and community deve
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over many years by Government. In r
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seen as the key to resolving many a
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Ireland. The common good must be at
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downplay as externalities. Shadow n
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All areas of governance, from inter
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the failure by governments to imple
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natural resources is required to en
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climate policy across all Governmen
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economy. Capital investment will be
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environmental taxation. Eco-taxes,
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Rural and Regional Development The
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away from a focus dominated by agri
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Rural development and the challenge
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public services and rural transport
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to oversee six pilot programmes to
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Table 13.1: Distribution of Family
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Key policy priorities on Rural Deve
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