Social Justice Ireland (SJI) has condemned Budget 2025, calling it 'incredibly disappointing' and 'regressive'. The think tank argues that the budget primarily benefits higher earners while offering inadequate support to those struggling with poverty. SJI highlights the widening gap between rich and poor, criticizing the limited social welfare increases and one-off payments that fail to address the root causes of child poverty.
Social Justice Ireland described Budget 2025 as 'incredibly disappointing' and 'regressive', saying it will not effectively tackle child poverty. Photograph: iStockfrom the Coalition Government a couple with one earner on €100,000 is better off by €73.35 a week while a couple with one earner on €30,000 is better off by just €3.34 a week, an equality think tank has found.
Its measures “fail to match the stated ambition” of tackling child poverty, which affects one in seven children, said SJI. Mr McGeady said Government had made efforts to alleviate the cost-of-living pressures. “But the lump sums, though welcome when they come, the fact that they are needed reveal that what we have here is an underlying issue of serious poverty and deprivation, where 10 per cent of the population is below the poverty line and almost a million people experienced deprivation in 2023.
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