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The Issue is Income Adequacy not the Price of Water
Nat O'Connor 01/11/2014
Nat O'Connor: If ten families on a hillside got together and built their own water supply, and had to pay to monitor and treat every litre to keep it …
Why Cash Matters (Budget 2015)
Nat O'Connor 15/10/2014
Nat O'Connor: As a follow-up to my pre-Budget post on proportions, we can now look at the results of the announced USC and income tax changes. There …
The Triple Benefit is Doubly Regressive
Cormac Staunton 15/10/2014
Cormac Staunton: In the immediate aftermath of the budget, there is much talk of whether the changes in income tax and USC were ‘progressive’ or …
Budget 2015 and Proportionality
Nat O'Connor 14/10/2014
Nat O'Connor: Without a doubt, some of the analysis of Budget 2015's income tax measures is going to focus on proportional change rather than …
Budget Rumours: An Equality Analysis
Nat O'Connor 13/10/2014
Nat O'Connor: Budget 2015 will be announced tomorrow, but there are enough rumours and unofficial announcements in this morning's headlines that some …
Deeply Misleading Irish Times Report of Budget Survey
Nat O'Connor 10/10/2014
Nat O'Connor: The Irish Times has given front-page headline coverage to the claim that "Voters want tax cuts over better public services" based on …
Hair of the Dog?
Nat O'Connor 09/10/2014
Nat O'Connor: If you read nothing else about the global forces that shape Ireland's economic future, you should read Michael O'Sullivan's essay in …
Public versus Private Sector Pay
Proinnsias Breathnach 07/10/2014
Proinnsias Breathnach: On August 26 last, the Irish Times published an article with the headline “Public sector pay a third higher than private …
Another way of looking at progressivity
Cormac Staunton 03/10/2014
Cormac Staunton: TASC has previously shown how the progressivity of Ireland’s income tax system declines after certain levels of income. It is …
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Contributors
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …