This Research inBrief examines one component of the expenditure associated with the calculation of a Living Wage for the Republic of Ireland – Health Insurance. The Republic of Ireland’s Living Wage was established in 2014 by the Living Wage Technical Group. The inclusion of expenditure on health...

A great deal of political debate in Ireland rests on the assumption that Ireland’s rates of taxation are prohibitive. This is generally taken to mean that Irish taxes on income, specifically, are particularly onerous. This perception is rarely, however, assessed with reference to available...

This paper updates the profile of earnings and minimum wage workers released in July 2015 (Collins, 2015). Based on an analysis of hourly earnings data for 2014, this paper estimates the number of workers on the minimum wage and further profiles these workers by gender, by the sector they work in...

This edition of the NERI’s Quarterly Economic Observer (QEO) outlines our latest expectations for the economic outlook in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and provides an examination of the public finances, the fiscal rules and fiscal policy in the Republic of Ireland. The UK electorate...

The parameters for Budget 2017 are set by the requirements of the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). The preventive arm is assessed under two main pillars. These are the Structural Balance Rule and the Expenditure Benchmark Rule. Adherence to the fiscal rules limits the net...