TASC Winners and Losers? ... Equality lessons for Budget 2012
19 Nov 2011
Winners and Losers? ... Equality lessons for Budget 2012
November 14th: Independent think-tank TASC today launched 'Winners and Losers? Equality Lessons for Budget 2012'. Produced with support from the Equality Authority and the EU PROGRESS Fund, the report examines the impact of Budget 2011 on women and men, and on different income groups and household types. A summary of the highlighted findings is available here,
Speaking at the launch, TASC Director Nat O'Connor said:
"TASC has long argued that an Equality Audit should form part of the annual budgetary process. The document being launched today is an attempt to show how such an audit could be carried out, focussing particularly on the gender impacts of Budget 2011.
"Our findings show that low income groups lost proportionately more than higher income groups as a result of the tax and social welfare measures in Budget 2011, and that lone parents were particularly hard hit.
You can click here for a digtal version of the document.