Budget 2024 – What should it do for Cost of Living, Poverty and Housing?

episode

Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media not yet transcribed

▲ 0

Transcript

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet Upvotes decide what gets transcribed next — 0 so far. Sign in to upvote

More from Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media

A booming economy & struggling society ?Ireland’s economy explained with Conor McCabe 50 min · 20 Dec 2025

All episodes from Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media →

Report any issue

Source

Recorded07 Oct 2023

Publishertortoiseshack.ie ↗

Handlerec:7766562

Show notes

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory and his guests discuss what would a budget that really tackles the cost of living crisis, inequality, the housing crisis and social justice look like and is the economy really at full capacity? He talks with Dr Tom McDonell, Director of Nevin Economics Research Institute, Dr. Tricia Keilthy, head of Social Justice and Policy at St Vincent De Paul and Michael Taft, economist with SIPTU. They set out what are the key measures that should be in Budget 2024 including reducing the cost of education, health, housing and investing in public services, increasing (not reducing) taxes, increasing welfare spending linked to cost of living, and increasing capacity to build through public construction company.

Ask this episode

“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.