NERI Post Budget Analysis Seminar
The NERI seminar titled 'NERI Post Budget Analysis' was presented by Mr. Michael Taft, Research Officer, SIPTU. It took place on Wednesday 8 October 2025 at 14.30 as an online Zoom event. Lecture...
Budget 2026 - An enterprise budget but not a wise one
A lot has been said about Budget 2026 but it’s worth emphasising some key points. The budget is clearly expansionary and inflationary. The net spending increases (i.e. gross spending net of tax changes) of €9.4 billion are well above the sustainable growth rate of the economy. The budget is also...
NERI Opening Statement - Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight
The NERI is today appearing before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight. You can find our opening statement here. We make the following broad points: • We strongly support the prioritisation of government spending on infrastructure but believe that a more holistic approach should be...
Opening Statement – Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight ‘Views on the Overall Budgetary Package as set out in the Summer Economic Statement and Specific Issues to be addressed in the Budget’
NERI Submission by Dr. Tom McDonnell and Ciarán Nugent to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight (23 September 2025). The discussion will be on ‘Views on the Overall Budgetary Package as set out in the Summer Economic Statement and Specific Issues to be addressed in the Budget’.
Budget 2026 – What Would a ‘Productivity’ Budget Look Like?
Last week we discussed what is likely to be an expansionary Budget 2026. Given the strength and cyclical position of the economy an expansionary budget is the last thing we need. But this week I wanted to focus on what should be in the budget from a purely ‘sustainable economic growth’ perspective...
Presentation & video from the NERI Post Budget Analysis online Seminar
The NERI seminar titled 'NERI Post Budget Analysis' was presented by Mr. Michael Taft, Research Officer, SIPTU. It took place on Wednesday 8 October 2025 at 14.30 as an online Zoom event. Please find the presentation and video from the NERI seminar. Lecture Format: Mr. Michael Taft, Research Officer...
Budget 2026 - Don't let it boil over
Budget 2026 seems to be a little less hyped than budgets from previous years. The public finances are in surplus. It won’t be an austerity budget. It probably won’t be marked by the frenzy of pre-election type giveaways from recent budgets. Inflation is moderating, incomes are generally rising again...
NERI Opening Statement to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Services Reform and Digitalisation and Taoiseach on the 'Impact of Tarriffs on the Irish Economy and Related Policy Discussion'
Opening Statement by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Services Reform and Digitalisation and Taoiseach (16 July 2025) on the 'Impact of Tarriffs on the Irish Economy and Related Policy Discussion'.
NERI Opening Statement to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Services Reform and Digitalisation and Taoiseach on the 'Impact of Tarriffs on the Irish Economy and Related Policy Discussion'
Opening Statement by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Services Reform and Digitalisation and Taoiseach (16 July 2025) on the 'Impact of Tarriffs on the Irish Economy and Related Policy Discussion'.
We need a New Economic Model – North and South
The global economy is entering into an era of instability and uncertainty and our economic policies (both North and South) are going to have to adjust if our economies and societies are to flourish in this new reality. There are many positive aspects to economic performance on the Island of Ireland...