Social Justice Matters is a podcast from Social Justice Ireland. We are an independent justice advocacy think tank that advances the lives of people and communities through providing independent social analysis and effective policy development to create a sustainable future for every member of society and for societies as a whole.
239. SJI Seminars Ep. 67: Situating Ireland in the OECD Landscape of Long-Term Care Systems with Jacek Barszczewski, OECD.
Our 2025 Annual Social Policy Conference was on the theme 'Care in a Changing World', bringing together voices from across the care landscape — carers, advocates, policymakers and organisations — to explore how care, rights and inclusion must evolve in a changing world.
Jacek Barszczewski joined the OECD as a Health Policy Researcher in 2023, with a primary focus on social protection for long-term care. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Barcelona School of Economics and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where his research centred on labour economics, family economics, and migration.
He presented his paper 'Situating Ireland in the OECD Landscape of Long-Term Care Systems'.
All videos, papers and presentations for the 2025 Annual Social Policy conference are available for download HERE.
8 Oct 2026
238. SJI 10 Minute Lessons Ep. 23: A Per-Capita Tax Take
Social Justice Ireland believes that, over the period ahead, policy should focus on increasing Ireland’s tax-take. Previous benchmarks, set relative to the overall proportion of national income collected in taxation, have become redundant following recent revisions to Ireland’s GDP and GNP levels as a result of the tax-minimising operations of a small number of large multinational firms. Consequently, an alternative benchmark is required. We have proposed a new tax take target set on a per-capita basis; an approach which minimises some of the distortionary effects that have emerged in recent years.Mansi Rawat, economic and social analyst, explains what that means.
For more see Chapter 4 of Social Justice Matters: 2026 guide to a fairer Irish society
24 Sept 2026
237. SJI Interviews EP.140: Rosi Leonard, Friends of the Earth on the Private Wires Bill
Rosi Leonard is the Data Centre Campaign Lead & Network Development Coordinator with Friends of the Earth Ireland. Her work is rooted in the aim to build power at local level and to deepen solidarity between different groups who are fighting climate change and its effects on lives and livelihoods.
She explains the why and what of The Private Wires Bill, the impacts of data centres on electricity usage in Ireland, and what that means for us in our day to day lives.
Private Wires Bill 2025 – General Scheme and Regulatory Impact Analysis
Friends of the Earth - The cost of data centres - Modelling the household electricity costs of Ireland’s data centre sector
Friends of the Earth - What the proposed Private Wires Bill means for our energy system and climate obligations
Sinéad Mercier Article - What would private electricity wires mean for Ireland's energy system?
Central Statistics Office Ireland - Data Centres Metered Electricity Consumption 2025
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