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Taoiseach appears to seek Increased Public Investment, as does OECD.
Paul Sweeney 13/06/2016
Paul Sweeney: The leak in the Irish Times (13th June 2016) that the Taoiseach has written to Mr Juncker, President of the EU Commisson, on the need …
A Basic Income for All? Has its Time Come? Or is it a fad?
Robin Wilson 10/06/2016
Robin Wilson: The recent Swiss referendum on a universal basic income for all has cast back into the spotlight a proposal which has periodically had …
In this Programme – “There’s One for Everyone in the Audience.”
26/05/2016
Paul Sweeney: This Programme for government is quite different from previous programmes. It is 160 pages where is the last programme was a mere 60. …
A New Era for Housing Policy?
Nat O'Connor 24/05/2016
Nat O'Connor: Now that there is to be a Minister of Housing, Planning and Local Government, as well as a Minister of State for Housing and Urban …
How fares tourism? A review of the Programme for Partnership Government
Ziene Mottiar 23/05/2016
Dr Ziene Mottiar: It is surprising that a sector which employs 205,000 people, brings €6.6 billion of revenue into the country and contributes …
Where ambition meets reality: new Government spending plans do not add up
Marie Sherlock 19/05/2016
Marie Sherlock: As we have learned the hard way over the past decade, there is one hell of a gap between the lofty ambition of rescuing and building …
The Benefits of the Benefacts database
Nuala Haughey 18/05/2016
Nuala Haughey: A new database of information about some 18,000 non-profit organisations in Ireland will no doubt contribute to the drive for more …
How the Government should tackle the housing crisis
Rory Hearne 17/05/2016
Rory Hearne: The draft Programme for Partnership signals that the new Government will give urgently needed prioritisation to the housing and …
Reducing inheritance tax: populism and financialisation
James Wickham 16/05/2016
James Wickham: Last week one of the first proposals of the new government was to raise the threshold for inheritance tax. This is one of those …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …