Category: Welfare
Is the National Pensions Framework a Policy for Pensions or a Policy for the Pensions Industry?
Gerard Hughes 06/04/2010
Gerry Hughes: In the National Pensions Framework document the Government points out that between 2004 and 2009 it increased the State Pension …
Basel III, pensions and the recapitalisation of Irish banks
An tSaoi 11/02/2010
An Saoi: Wednesday’s Financial Times had a very interesting article on proposed changes in banking rules under Basel III. Sensibly, the Bank of …
Budget 2010: landlords 1, SW recipients nil
16/12/2009
in 2010, the savings made by cutting Social Welfare will be almost exactly the same as the spend on tax breaks for landlords (SW saving = €809 …
Oh, for the good ol' days
Michael Taft 14/12/2009
Michael Taft: With public sector pay and social welfare cuts, with the Minister announcing a ‘national downward adjustment in wages’ (that’s …
Budget 2010 will do nothing to get the economy out of recession
Tom O'Connor 10/12/2009
Tom O'Connor: Budget 2010 will cause immense hardship and will do nothing to get the economy out of recession. The four billion in savings could have …
Some stories are too good for facts
Michael Taft 08/12/2009
Michael Taft: It’s good the administrators of this blog brought Peter Connell’s post back up to the top. Last night, Prime Time Investigates …
League tables and losing the plot
08/12/2009
This post was originally written on April 21st in response to an article in the Sunday Business Post. We are re-posting it following last night's …
Tax Breaks
Nat O'Connor 04/12/2009
Nat O'Connor: TASC has estimated that tax breaks ('tax expenditure' to use the technical term) on personal income tax and corporation tax will cost …
New report shows over €8 out of every €10 of pensions tax relief goes to top earners
Gerard Hughes 25/11/2009
Gerry Hughes: In a series of reports on our pension system, TASC and the TCD Pension Policy Research Group have argued that the tax relief on pension …
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