TASC's Response to the Public Spending Announcements

Nat O'Connor05/12/2011

Nat O'Connor: We have made an initial response to the Budget 2012 public spending announcments.

The reforms to the budgetary process could be a significant improvement. But, where is the economic strategy? It seems the Government is continuing in the vein of previous budgets by focusing narrowly on the public finances while neglecting the massive (direct and indirect) effects that these austerity measures have on the economy.

Posted in: Economics

Tagged with: budget

Dr Nat O'Connor     @natpolicy

Nat O'Connor

Nat O’Connor is a member of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences (IRiSS) and a Lecturer of Public Policy and Public Management in the School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy at Ulster University.

Previously Director of TASC, Nat also led the research team in Dublin’s Homeless Agency.

Nat holds a PhD in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin (2008) and an MA in Political Science and Social Policy form the University of Dundee (1998). Nat’s primary research interest is in how research-informed public policy can achieve social justice and human wellbeing. Nat’s work has focused on economic inequality, housing and homelessness, democratic accountability and public policy analysis. His PhD focused on public access to information as part of democratic policy making.


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