Monday Blog: Imagining a different society

05 Dec 2014
Tom Healy
Recent debates about politics, water charges, tax cuts and austerity have focussed on the short-term and how we can get out of the economic slump. This is understandable. Now we need a conversation in Ireland about our long-term goal and how the policies and goals of the immediate months ahead...

UK recovery still unbalanced and unstable

03 Dec 2014
Paul Mac Flynn
Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement contained few new announcements and some decidedly grim long-term trends for the UK economy. There were further details given on pre-announced infrastructural spending on house building, roads and rail in addition to earmarked funding for established...

Income: The Gender Divide

02 Dec 2014
Micheál Collins
There are many measures examining differences in various socio-economic characteristics among men and women. In general, women are better educated, healthier, live longer but earn less – factors which in themselves point towards gaps in societal equality for both sexes. Focusing just on income, it...

Monday Blog: A roof over your head

22 Nov 2014
Tom Healy
A roof over your head is a fundamental human need and right. Purchasing or renting a place to live typically takes a big chunk of lifetime earnings or income. It is the biggest single cost facing most workers or households. Recent decades have seen a significant change in the way people live, work...

Assessing Funding Models for Water Services Provision in Ireland

13 Nov 2014
infobo
Water services provision is a natural monopoly. This drives a propensity to market failure and economic inefficiency in the absence of robust regulatory measures. In this context I discuss the appropriate role of the regulator and the advantages and disadvantages of pricing water usage. Beyond...

NERI Seminar: Funding Models for Water Services Provision

Past event
Presentation given by Dr Tom McDonnell at the November NERI seminar. Based on a recent working paper, available here, Dr McDonnell presented findings suggesting that combining a volume based pricing structure with a system of income related water credits may best reconcile the main policy objectives...
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