Dublin Economics Workshop on Irish Economic Policy, January 27th 2012 Session 'Economic Policy and Evaluation' - Researching Alternative Economic Policies Tom Healy, Director, Congress Economic Research Unit

Ireland’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the EU/IMF requires government to introduce a recurring annual property tax from 2012. While the MoU has not specified the precise form this new taxation measure will adopt, commitments in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 and Fine Gael/Labour...