Social Justice Matters

Michelle Murphy is Research and Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland.

In her paper for the Social Justice Ireland's 34th Annual Social Policy Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights, Michelle speaks about the challenging employment, training and poverty and social exclusion trends in social rights and the need for rights to sufficient income and meaningful work. 

All the Papers and Videos from the Conference can be accessed HERE and Santina Bertulessi's Policy Conference paper can be listened to HERE.

The 19th November 2021 was the first National Safeguarding Day. A day to recognise safeguarding issues and concerns, and what can be done about them. 

There are nine HSE Safeguarding and Protection Teams (SPTs), one in each CHO (Community Healthcare Organisations) throughout Ireland. Each SPT is tasked with co-ordinating consistent responses to concerns of abuse and neglect. In this episode, Colette Bennett chats to Tim Hanly, General Manager of the HSE National Safeguarding Office, about patterns of abuse, the need for structural and legislative reform, and what we, as a society, can practically do.

Michael is a lecturer in political economy at the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice in University College Dublin. His work is focused on urban political economy, in particular the relationship between the financial system and housing, as well as the politics of housing and urban activism. This week, he chats to Susanne Rogers about some aspects of housing affordability in Ireland.

More information about Mick's work on housing can be found here: www.theweekinhousing.substack.com

There was only one possible guest for our 100th episode.  Dr. Seán Healy, CEO of Social Justice Ireland chats with Susanne Rogers about the origin, aims, objectives, achievements and future hopes for the organisation. Go to www.socialjustice.ie to find out more. 

Santina Bertulessi is deputy Head of Cabinet for Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights. She is the cabinet’s senior political adviser and is in charge, among other things, of the coordination of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European economic policy coordination and the European Semester, the Social dimension of the Economic and Monetary Union, the Child Guarantee, the Social economy and the relations with the European Parliament.

In her paper for the Social Justice Ireland Annual Social Policy Conference, Santina speaks about the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and the subsequent action plan. Europe has decided to put social justice, social investments and social resilience at the heart of the recovery. Social rights must drive Europe’s transition towards a green and digital economy and society.

In this week's episode, our returning guest, Eddie D'Arcy chats with Susanne Rogers about his long career in Youth Work, the changes and growth witnessed over the last few decades, the value of this work to society and the challenges and concerns for the future. 

 

 

This week, the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference is taking place in Glasgow.  In this Ten Minute Lesson, Michelle Murphy, Research and Policy Analyst, examines the issue of environmental sustainability, the challenges we face, and what can be done about it.

Our Budget 2022 response analyses the budget from a number of perspectives.  Will Budget 2022 deliver a fair recovery from the social and economic impact of COVID-19?  How were the available resources distributed? What effect will the budget have on inequality? How will Ireland’s most vulnerable fair from this Budget? What measures deal with the housing crisis? Did Government deliver what is required for a Just Transition? Could better choices have been made? What measures have been ignored and in what general direction does this budget take the country?

Download our Budget 2022 Analysis & Critique now.

As we approach Budget 2022 and the subsequent conversations about the raising and spending of national revenues, Susanne Rogers chats to Mary Mellor about money.  Mary is Emeritus Professor at Northumbria University, she has published extensively on alternative economics integrating socialist, feminist and green perspectives and this week, she chats about her book " Money : Myths, Truths and Alternatives". 

 

 

1st October is International Day of Older Persons. To mark this occasion, we're going to take a listen back to Dr. Diarmuid O'Shea's presentation from our 2019 Annual Social Policy Conference The Challenges of Success. Dr. O'Shea presented a paper on Living Well in Our Community, particularly on the theme of ageing well.