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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 7 2. From Crisis to Viable Future Pathway 11 3. Income Distribution 49 4. Taxation 81 5. Work, Unemployment and Job Creation 110 6. Public Services 125 7. Housing and Accommodation 137 8. Healthcare 165 9. Education and Educational Disadvantage 187 10. People and Participation 201 11. Sustainability 215 12. Rural Development 233 13. The Global South 247 14. Values 258 Annexes (annex numbers are linked to corresponding chapter numbers above) Annex 3: Income Distribution 263 Annex 4: Taxation 277 Annex 5: Work, Unemployment and Job Creation 285 Annex 7: Housing and Accommodation 288 Annex 11: Sustainability and Environment 291 Annex 13: Global South 295 References 297
Page 1 and 2: S O C I O - E C O N O M I C R E V I
Page 10 and 11: Ireland is one of those countries a
Page 14 and 15: increases in social security paymen
Page 16 and 17: Box 2.1: Neoliberalism - what’s i
Page 18 and 19: Indeed, Ireland’s tax take as a p
Page 20 and 21: Graph 2.8 - Current Account as a %
Page 22 and 23: confronted by a banking sector whos
Page 24 and 25: Nov-11 Aug-12 SEp-12 oCT-12 FEb-12
Page 26 and 27: growth estimates and a convergence
Page 28 and 29: economic challenges; the erosion of
Page 30 and 31: Table 2.2 - Total Cost of Irish Ban
Page 32 and 33: about the impact of the rapid pace
Page 34 and 35: more investment than currently envi
Page 36 and 37: ***Figures from 2013 to 2015 are ta
Page 38 and 39: optimistic expectations of economic
Page 40 and 41: Sustainable employment growth can b
Page 42 and 43: Table 2.9 - Potential Irish Total T
Page 44 and 45: promotion of pre-distribution incom
Page 46 and 47: these advances have been reversed s
Page 48 and 49: v) Creating a Sustainable Future Su
Page 52 and 53: This definition was reiterated in t
Page 54 and 55: How many have incomes below the pov
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The incidence of poverty Figures de
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22.8 per cent of households which w
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Looking at the impact of these paym
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Table 3.10: The Poverty Gap, 2003-2
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per cent in 2010 and 59.8 per cent
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in the years prior to 2008. Ireland
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Europe 2020 Strategy - Risk of pove
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system need to be acknowledged. Mea
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Table 3.14: Amounts of disposable i
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Table 3.16: Ratio of Disposable Inc
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including a new indicator measuring
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The case for a basic income Social
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Ten reasons to introduce basic inco
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S O C I O - E C O N O M I C R E V I
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Ireland’s total tax-take: current
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Chart 4.1: Ireland’s Projected Ta
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Table 4.4: Projected Age Related Ex
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important in terms of attracting go
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not have any data estimates. In the
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Social Justice Ireland welcomed the
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The recent attention given to the a
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local authorities and used to addre
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Carbon Taxes Budget 2010 announced
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Favouring changes to tax credits ra
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Chart 4.2: How much better off woul
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Chart 4.4: How much better off woul
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efunds, most, over 71 per cent rece
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on an on-going basis the cost and b
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The issues addressed in this chapte
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Table 5.2: Employment in Ireland, 2
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end of 2013 the long-term unemploye
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Although youth unemployment represe
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Table 5.5: Persons on Live Register
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Social Justice Ireland believes tha
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Social Justice Ireland welcomed the
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Further to this, The European Green
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2013-2017 there have been reduction
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integration and personal developmen
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of high quality broadband particula
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As sports policy is developed again
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• the creation of a viable and we
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Table 7.1- Nature of Occupancy of P
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The Government’s housing policy s
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poor regulation of local planning.
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and transactions completed for 466
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The Mortgage Arrears Information an
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Table 7.6 - Main Need for social ho
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Table 7.7- Length of time on record
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saw another increase with 21,614 in
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Environment, Community and Local Go
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the Homelessness Oversight Group (2
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Housing and people with disabilitie
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The development of a national housi
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Table 8.1 - Life Expectancy at Birt
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who defer visits or treatment as a
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Full medical card coverage is neces
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Healthcare costs tend to be higher
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expenditure, healthcare accounted f
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Table 8.4 - HSE Support to Older Pe
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access to social care services, for
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People with disabilities have been
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There was a downward trend in the r
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access to healthcare based on need
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Table 9.1: Ireland: Real current pu
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also improves children’s cognitiv
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primary and Second level Education
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literacy and Adult literacy The OEC
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highlights the increasing range of
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Contributing to higher education Th
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though the numbers in employment ha
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Table 10.2 - Applications for Asylu
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Table 10.3: Estimated Emigration by
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Some of the decision-making structu
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Social Justice Ireland believes a d
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5. to encourage and enable public p
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• Binding targets for resource ef
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environment” that leads policy ma
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• the use of energy and materials
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A key challenge for Ireland is to e
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In a study of national strategies t
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The IPCC report serves to highlight
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is already facing significant chall
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countries. Social Justice Ireland i
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Rural areas and small villages are
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enterprises, farming and fishing. T
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Small rural firms and rural entrepr
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• availability of public transpor
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Key farm statistics: • Average fa
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move away from traditional farming
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each of the indicators reported in
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Wars, inter-community disputes and
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& Hulova (2013) estimate that the e
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The priorities for Irish Aid as out
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• Take a far more proactive stanc
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accept the current reality and ‘m
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exclusive rights over the means of
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Many working families on low earnin
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Overall, although those not at work
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proportion of their weekly income o
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insurance, housing, savings and con
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Using data from the two ends of thi
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National Anti-poverty Strategy (NAp
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GDP is accepted as the benchmark ag
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While these rates have increased si
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Table A4.3: Income taxation and Ire
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in mid-2006. As chart A5.2 shows, i
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A7.2 New Social Housing Output for
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production will potentially increas
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Central Statistics Office (2013) Su
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Collins, M.L. and Walsh, M. (2011)
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Department of Education and Skills
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Department of Environment, Communit
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Duffy, D., J. FitzGerald, K. Timone
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European Commission (2013) Proposal
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Government of Ireland (2012) Progra
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Housing Agency (2013) Review of Hou
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Leahy, E., S. Lyons and Tol, R. (20
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OECD (2013) Education at a Glance 2
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Schwab, K. (Ed.). (2011) Global Com
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World Commission on Environment and
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