Underemployed Part-time Workers
— 23 Mar 2018Employment increased by almost 70,000 (3.1%) in the year to Q4 2017. Over 115,000 part-time workers would like to work more than they currently do.
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Ireland’s Productivity
— 21 Mar 2018Irish-owned firms are suffering from low productivity growth. To deal with this, the OECD recommends increased investment in lifelong learning & training.
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Switching to Electric Vehicles
— 14 Mar 2018The government has set an ambitious target to have 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030. There are currently circa 3,000 electric vehicles in Ireland or 15 per cent of the 2020 target.
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Social Housing – Some Data
— 7 Mar 2018The main categories in need of social housing in Dublin are those in single person households, the unemployed & those living in private rented accommodation.
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Taxing Petrol And Diesel
— 21 Feb 2018Under the polluter pays principle, tax rates on diesel & petrol fuels should be at a rate which is commensurate with the total environmental costs they incur.
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Local Authority Budgets In 2018
— 14 Feb 2018Local Authorities plan to spend almost €4.8 billion in 2018. See your Council’s spending on LocalAuthorityFinances.com
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Social Protection Spending 2016
— 1 Feb 2018€19.87 billion was spent on social protection payments in 2016. There were 1.39m recipients of weekly payments.
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Labour Activation Programmes
— 23 Jan 2018The number of people on labour activation programmes has fallen by over 25 per cent or 24,000 in the last three years.
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Household Energy Prices in Ireland
— 10 Jan 2018Household energy prices in Ireland are near the Eurozone average, but are relatively high compared to the UK.
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Health Insurance Premia Payable by Older People
— 14 Dec 2017Legislation before the Oireachtas provides that age-related levies on health insurance premia will be paid for ten years only.
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Large Increase In Homelessness
— 15 Nov 2017There were over 8,300 homeless people in September 2017 – an increase of almost 1,700 or over 25% since September 2016.
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