Category: Fiscal policy
Lies, damned lies and the Dept. of Finance's statistics
An tSaoi 06/03/2012
An Saoi: The Department of Finance has issued the February 2012 tax figures, which can be viewed here. The figures are so confusing a detailed …
What exactly will we be asked in the fiscal treaty referendum?
Nat O'Connor 02/03/2012
Nat O'Connor: The Taoiseach has signed the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (also known as the …
Pathways to Work - can it deliver?
Sinéad Pentony 02/03/2012
Sinéad Pentony: Pathways to Work was launched last week and it sets out to achieve some much needed reform in relation to labour market activation …
'Austerity is working' - not
Tom Healy 24/02/2012
Tom Healy: In its latest Quarterly Economic Commentary the ESRI QEC authors observe that 'The euro zone economy is slipping into recession due to the …
The false economy of selling state assets to fund job creation
Sinéad Pentony 22/02/2012
Sinéad Pentony: Today’s announcement provides us with some more details on the government’s thinking in relation to the role of state assets in …
The EU-IMF Deal Does Not Require Privatisation
Michael Taft 22/02/2012
Michael Taft: Whatever about the case-by-case merits of the Government’s announcement today regarding the sell-off of state assets, we should be …
The Fiscal Compact, or: where will we be in 2018?
Tom McDonnell 07/02/2012
Tom McDonnell: The debate about the fiscal compact is likely to continue for some time. Much has been made of the 'one twentieth' rule but in …
January 2012 tax - have we reached the bottom?
An tSaoi 03/02/2012
An Saoi: The January tax figures have given the Government a bit of good news, but the question is how much? The Table below gives the figures for …
Incoherent privatisation policy a cause for concern
Donal Palcic 31/01/2012
Donal Palcic: Eoin Reeves and I have an opinion piece in the Irish Times today on the information that emerged in relation to the government's plans …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …