{"id":6812,"date":"2024-07-09T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=6812"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:45:34","slug":"increased-expenditure-in-budget-2025-will-be-undermined-by-lack-of-future-workforce-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/increased-expenditure-in-budget-2025-will-be-undermined-by-lack-of-future-workforce-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased expenditure in Budget 2025 will be undermined by lack of future workforce planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u20ac6.9bn in additional expenditure outlined in today\u2019s Summer Economic Statement must be underpinned by proper workforce planning for future needs, according to Social Democrats finance spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProblems highlighted in the Summer Economic Statement are mostly the result of consistent failures by Government to invest in critical infrastructure and lack of planning for the country\u2019s future requirements, especially around workforce planning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is evident in areas such as health, housing and social care, where money is being provided but there are insufficient numbers of trained staff to fill a range of critical roles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the availability of Census figures, there is no excuse for not planning for future workforce needs or demand for things like housing, infrastructure and public services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of focusing on one-off measures, Budget 2025 must also address structural issues around income inequality, including a weekly cost of disability payment and an increase in core social welfare rates by \u20ac25 a week to keep pace with rising costs and allow those at the bottom to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s Summer Economic Statement also signals \u20ac1.4bn in tax cuts in the Budget. While the Social Democrats support tax band indexation for middle incomes, there must be a clawback for people at the top \u2013 otherwise the gap between the top and the bottom will grow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRefundable tax credits are another way to improve incomes for low earners and should be considered in the Budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>July 9, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u20ac6.9bn in additional expenditure outlined in today\u2019s Summer Economic Statement must be underpinned by proper workforce planning for future needs, according to Social Democrats finance spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall. \u201cProblems highlighted in the Summer Economic Statement are mostly the result of consistent failures by Government to invest in critical infrastructure and lack of planning for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[552,88,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budget-2025","category-finance","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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