Next budget should reverse cuts and protect the vulnerable — Social Justice Ireland

The Government could spend money on social housing and invest in rural broadband by overhauling the corporate tax regime and extending the Universal Social Charge levy of 3% to all income over €100,000, Social Justice Ireland said yesterday.

The social rights group produced what it said was a fully costed budget, which SJI director Sean Healy claimed could “protect the vulnerable, invest in social housing and disability services, and roll-out rural broadband”.

To raise revenue, SJI claimed that a “minimum effective corporate tax rate” should be introduced that would ensure all corporations in Ireland pay at least 6% tax on their profits here.