Ann Nolan

Intent: To encourage Government to make integrated policy decisions which are sustainable from an economic, environmental and social perspective.

Details: National Social Monitor: A snapshot on how Ireland is performing in a range of areas including Healthcare, Education, Housing, Public Participation and Communities, Income Distribution, Taxation, Work and Job Creation, Rural Development, Environment, Sustainability and Global Challenges. The full te, ... Read more

Intent: To encourage Government to make fair choices in taxation changes in Budget 2018. Details at https://www.socialjustice.ie/content/policy-issues/government-income-tax-proposals-are-unjust-and-unfair

Details: Taxation Briefing: Assessing the fairness of some taxation options in Budget 2018

Intent: Policy changes to address issues of low pay, precarious employment, the 'working poor' and low employment rates for people with disabilities. Suggested solutions include refundable tax credits, aligning the National Minimum Wage with the Living Wage, eliminating disincentives for people with disabilities to take up employment and introducing legislation to ban zero hours contracts and strengthen rights for workers on insecure contracts

Details: Employment and Unemployment: Briefings on Ireland's current employment situation including a focus on low pay, precarious employment and disability issues. Available at https://www.socialjustice.ie/content/publications/quarterly-employment-monitor-december-2017 and https://www.socialjustice.ie/con, ... Read more

Intent: To inform policy makers of the implications of Budget 2018 for a more just and fairer Ireland, and to highlight alternative policy choices which were available

Details: Budget 2018 Analysis: Social Justice Ireland's annual analysis of the Budget - links to the document and related videos can be found on https://www.socialjustice.ie/content/budget/2018

Intent: To stimulate debate on how to reconnect people and the State, and to encourage policy changes to promote a more deliberative democracy in Ireland

Details: Information re Social Policy Conference 'Society Matters: Reconnecting People and the State' which addressed questions such as Can the 'new politics' deliver a different relationship between people and the State? What kind of Ireland do we want to shape through civic participation? How do we reconn, ... Read more

Intent: For the 9% tourism VAT rate to be retained::To mitigate the negative effects of Brexit on Irish Tourism::For additional funding for tourism marketing, product and infrastructural development::For additional regional support for tourism in response to BrexitFor additional regional support for tourism in response to Brexit::For existing policy initiatives such as the zero rate travel tax to be retained.::To address the high cost of doing business in Ireland across a range of areas::For five-year visibility/plans on tourism capital funding::For increased investment in rolling out high-speed fibre internet throughout the country::For any increase in the National Training Fund levy to be postponed::For the Valuation Act to be fully implemented::For the alcohol excise to be reduced by 15%::For regulation of the use of residential properties for short term lettings

Details: Recommendations for Budget 2018 seeking supportive measures for Irish tourism to enable businesses throughout the sector to continue to invest in their product and grow visitor numbers.

Intent: Balanced job growth across all the regions to address the increasing disparity between Dublin and the rest of the country. A focus is required on long term unemployed people over 45, who find it particularly difficult to gain employment.

Details: Publication of our Employment Monitor highlighting that headline employment numbers are obscuring the imbalanced nature of employment growth, with Dublin far outstripping the other regions.

Intent: To implement the proposals contained with Social Justice Ireland's Budget Choices 2018, which can be accessed at https://www.socialjustice.ie/content/budget/2017/budget-2018-should-be-economically-sound-and-socially-fair

Details: Social Justice Ireland's proposals for and economically sound and socially fair Budget 2018: It should substantially increase investment in infrastructure such as social housing and rural broadband, address major problems in services like healthcare and education, should support development of the e, ... Read more

Intent: Fuller implementation of Articles 26 and 27 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to the right of children to social security and the right to an adequate standard of living in the budgetary process::Seeking an increase in the direct provision weekly payment for children::Seeking to strengthen child and family income supports::Seeking to strengthen supports for children and families experiencing food poverty::Seeking an increase in investment in early years programmes::Seeking parental leave provision to continue the journey towards one full year of Family Leave for working parents

Details: Budget 2018

Intent: To raise awareness of key issues faced by the Irish asset management industry when preparing for Brexit.

Details: A discussion regarding the potential impact of Brexit on the asset management industry