Last week I launched a report on the need for equality budgeting to be incorporated into Ireland’s budgetary process. Low to middle income earners have paid a heavier price in terms of the percentage increase in taxes they pay, according to a recent report from Grant Thornton. The Government needs to provide TDs with detailed analysis of the fairness of budgetary measures; we need to test budgetary policies to see how they affect the most disadvantaged groups in society.

Equality Budgeting is an approach to economic policy-making that uses equality audits and impact assessments to show how different sections of society will be impacted by specific economic policies. This analysis is then used to to reduce inequalities and achieve the best equality outcomes for specific disadvantaged groups and for society overall.

I have teamed up with the Equality Budgeting Campaign to produce a submission on how equality budgeting could improve Ireland’s budgetary process.
You can read ‘Incorporating Equality Budgeting into Ireland’s New Budgetary Process’ here.