External event contributions

Dr Lisa Wilson, NERI - presentation for the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Retired Workers Seminar North/South held in ICTU Belfast office on 23rd and 24th Feburary, 2017. The presentation was on 'The economic and social contribution of oder people'.

Dr Micheál Collins, Assistant Professor of Social Policy, UCD - presentation for the ICTU Union College The Welfare State and Redistribution on 16th December, 2016.

The European Trade Union Institute have published a policy inBrief by Tom McDonnell discussing the Irish economic crisis and its aftermath. You can find it here.

The Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight commenced a series of pre budget hearings last week with contributions from DKM, NERI, the Irish Central Bank, and the ESRI. The hearings will continue this week with contributions from the Fiscal Council and from the European Commission and then next week...

Tom McDonnell appeared before the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight on the 6th of September 2016. In his opening statement on the Economic and Fiscal Position in the Context of Budget 2017 he discussed the fiscal space and identified priorities for inclusive growth in Budget 2017. These...

Funding of health and demographic change - Dr Tom Healy and Paul Goldrick-Kelly

Slides on the extent of precarious work in the Republic of Ireland and evidence on the impact this type of work has on workers and the economy. Presentation made at UNITE's conference, Strategies to End Precariousness: The Case for Decent Work. Charts based on recent data from the OECD.

Larger version of the charts used in Collins, M.L. (2015) 'Where are Pensioners in the Income Distribution?' NERI Research in Brief no 18, Dublin, NERI. Available here.

Presentation to the TCD Pensions Policy Research Group on 9th January 2015. This presentation was followed by an NERI Research inBrief which is available here.