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...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Wives, Mothers, Workers: A brief history of women in social policy
Slides from NERI Seminar Dublin: "Wives, Mothers, Workers: A brief history of women in social policy" by Laura Bambrick, Social Policy & Legislative Officer, Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) on 20th March, 2019. Wives, Mothers, Workers: A brief history of women in social policy from...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Recent Trends and Causes of Irish Corporation Tax Revenues
Slides from NERI Seminar Dublin: 'Recent Trends and Causes of Irish Corporation Tax Revenues' presented by Seamus Coffey, Lecturer, Department of Economics, UCC on 30th January, 2019. Slides NERI Seminar - Recent Trends and Causes of Irish Corporation Tax Revenues from NevinInstitute
NERI Seminar Belfast: The organisation of childcare services: What role for gender equality?
Childcare services have been the object of significant reforms in recent years aimed at addressing issues of child poverty, labour market unbalances and demographic ageing of populations. In particular, the presence of strong inequalities in the time men and women spend performing childcare tasks...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Post Budget Seminar 2018
Slides from NERI Post Budget Seminar held in the INTO Learning Centre on 17th October. The three speakers each made a brief presentation responding to aspects of Budget 2019. The presentations were delivered by Fergal O'Brien (IBEC), Michael Taft (SIPTU) and Dr Sinead Pembroke (TASC) Budget 2019...
The End of Austerity?
The UK Budget for 2019/20 will be unveiled later today by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond. While nearly all recent discussion and debate at Westminster has been consumed by Brexit, the political context for this budget is quite different. Obviously, it will be almost impossible to avoid...
NERI Seminar Belfast: Housing in Northern Ireland and its implications for living standards
Presentation and paper from the NERI Seminar 27 September 2018. This paper aims to assess the sufficiency and affordability of housing in Northern Ireland and the implications which housing costs have for living standards. Looking at supply and demand there does not appear to be any misallocation...