NERI Seminar Belfast: Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
Presentation slides by Laurie Macfarlane at the NERI Belfast Seminar on 22nd March, 2018 titled "Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing"
Northern Ireland's Public Finances - Revenue Matters
When the £1 billion supply and confidence deal was signed between the Conservatives and the DUP last summer, many across the water began to take a more in depth look at the public finances in Northern Ireland. When they examined official statistics, many were horrified to learn that a region to...
Some evidence about health expenditure in the Republic of Ireland
Never let the data get in the way of a good story. In their landmark book, How Ireland cares: The case for health reform , published in 2006, Dale Tussing and Maeve-Ann Wren recount some wild claims by a Minister for Health regarding the extent to which Ireland was spending far in excess of other...
The housing crisis: rising costs, falling living standards
The national median disposable, net or after tax wage has increased by just under 8% since 2012 (now at €2,087 p.m. approx.) whilst the take home pay of a full-time minimum wage worker has increased by about 10% (now at €1,490). The most recent reports by daft.ie show an almost 60% rise in average...
Public spending levels: How does Ireland Compare?
The nature and level of public expenditure is an important and contentious subject of debate in political discussion everywhere and that is no less true of the Republic of Ireland. While this debate cannot be entirely shorn of subjective values and political judgements, relative expenditure...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Post Budget Seminar
Slides from NERI Post Budget Seminar held in the INTO Learning Centre on 18th October. The three speakers each made a brief presentation responding to aspects of Budget 2018. The presentations were delivered by Marie Sherlock (SIPTU), Michelle Murphy (Social Justice Ireland) and John FitzGerald...
Monday Blog: How fast is the economy really growing and does it matter for fiscal space?
It all depends. The last annual set of national accounts were published in July by the CSO. As expected, these show a significant divergence between GDP and what the CSO now term GNI*. GNI* excludes globalisation effects that are disproportionately impacting the measurement of the size of the Irish...
Monday Blog: Exploring the outer regions of hidden fiscal space
The 2017 Summer Economic Statement appeared last week. The Statement follows a seasonal pattern along with the Spring Economic Statement and, ultimately, Budget 2018 due to be presented to the Dáil in October and approved by the European Commission on behalf of the EU28. The debate, such as it is...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Welfare and Activation for Partners: Challenges for Irish Policy
Slides from NERI Seminar on 'Welfare and Activation for Partners: Challenges for Irish Policy', presentation by Dr Mary P Murphy (Maynooth University) & Dr Anne-Marie McGauran (NESC) on 12th July, 2017.
NERI Seminar Dublin: A long-term assessment of Irish house price affordability
Slides from NERI Seminar on a long-term assessment of Irish house price affordability, presentation by Dara Turnbull, Economist, AIB on 7th June, 2017.