Oliver Egan

Intent: The new social welfare payment, Pandemic Unemployment Payment of €350, which is available to self-employed and employees who have lost their job due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is a very welcomed income support for farm families at this time.::Farmers should be treated the same way as other self-employed individuals in the scheme.::In cases where it is not practical for individual farmers to trade as normal during this emergency, they should be entitled to this Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

Details: COVID-19: Farmers' qualification under Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Intent: To seek clarification from the Department of Social Protection on the Family Income Supplement and on the Farm Assist Scheme and how it will apply during the COVID-19 emergency::To ensure that assessment for Farm Assist could take place

Details: COVID-19 - Farm Assist Scheme

Intent: Secure the future of the Post Office Network

Details: Post Office Network

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: 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