Written by Foras Teamhrach
On Thursday, 10th December, the INTO held a forum entitled ‘Human Rights and Equality in the Irish Recession’. David Begg, General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions criticised the 2010 Budget for forcing the weakest members of society to shoulder the burden of the financial crisis. He discussed of the development of human [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
“Budget 2010 has been well-rehearsed for many months. The Government, together with the media and principal political commentators, have won the argument for deflation. It is an extraordinary achievement that in the space of a few short months the case for a huge fiscal adjustment of some €4 billion has been so widely accepted without [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
“It is hard to see how, in what I have recently shown to be the most under-taxed country in the developed world, the Government can justify taking €750 million from social welfare recipients, while refusing on what seem specious grounds to address our €4 billion tax revenue shortfall.” Former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald: With taxpayers spared [...]
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