"Economics Made Simple" week 2 - "Understanding Poverty and Inequality"
Paul Mac Flynn, Acting Co-Director at the NERI presented at week 2 of the "Economics made Simple" series of lectures in conjunction with The People's College. Paul presented on "Understanding Poverty and Inequality". The lecture took place on 28th October, 2019 in The Teacher's Club from 18:00 - 19...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Budget 2020: Reflections and Analysis
Slides from NERI Seminar: Budget 2020: Reflections and Analysis held in the Fórsa offices on 16th October, 2019. The three speakers each made a brief presentation responding to aspects of Budget 2020. The presentations were delivered by Robert Sweeney (TASC), Michelle Murphy (Social Justice Ireland)...
NERI Video Series Episode 5: Budget 2020 Analysis
Paul Mac Flynn, Senior Economist, NERI speaks with Robert Sweeney, Policy Analyst, TASC and Michelle Murphy, Research & Policy Analyst, Social Justice Ireland on their analysis of Budget 2020. Listen...
Budget 2020 makes the vulnerable pay for Brexit
Budget 2020 came and went under the shadow of a looming Brexit threat. Notwithstanding this threat, the Department of Finance projects we will avoid a technical recession in 2020. The Central Bank similarly projects narrow avoidance of a recession in a no-deal scenario, albeit with declines in...
NERI Video Series Episode 4: We need to tax wealth
On NERI's Video Series ep 4 - Éilis Ryan, Policy & Outreach Officer, Financial Justice Ireland, Workers Party representative and SIPTU member speaks with Dr Tom McDonnell, Senior Economist, NERI about...
Budget 2020 should increase the Local Property Tax
Budget 2020 is an opportunity to widen the tax base and increase scope for spending on areas like childcare, education and infrastructure. One of the best ways we can do this is by increasing the property tax. The latest NERI inBrief makes just such a case. So what is the case in favour of shifting...
Tax Breaks: Time for Serious Reform
Tax reform is an ongoing process. The Irish republic’s tax system is like the proverbial curate’s egg – there are good bits and bad bits. I’m going to focus here on just one of the ‘bad bits’ but first let us consider the key objective of any tax system. Key objectives The key objectives of any tax...
Out on our own? A sensible approach to fiscal transfers
Last week the Office for National Statistics released what they call the Country and regional public sector finances net fiscal balance tables. Whilst the name of these publication may not immediately induce interest or excitement, the information contained within them is most important. There is...
Out on our own? A sensible approach to fiscal transfers
Last week the Office for National Statistics released what they call the Country and regional public sector finances net fiscal balance tables. Whilst the name of these publication may not immediately induce interest or excitement, the information contained within them is most important. There is...
Submission to Budgetary Oversight Committee
External event contribution Executive summary Overall, there is little evidence the economy was overheating in 2018. In this context, our view is that the structural balance was marginally in surplus in 2018 with a plausible range of 0.0% to 1.0% of potential output. The economy is likely to be overheating by the end of 2019...