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in: News and Archive | 24 May 2022

Is Ireland’s Tax System Progressive ?

In his opinion column on 29 September Fintan O’Toole asserts that the claim that Ireland’s tax system is the most progressive is “not true at all. It is, literally not even a half-truth”. Fintan’s view that “The whole claim to having the most progressive tax system depends on ignoring the highly regressive nature of indirect…
in: News and Archive | 26 Mar 2018

Reflections on 6 Years of Public Policy

The time has come for us to close our doors as our funding from Atlantic Philanthropies has been exhausted.
We end with some final thoughts.
in: News and Archive | 23 Mar 2018

Underemployed Part-time Workers

Employment increased by almost 70,000 (3.1%) in the year to Q4 2017. Over 115,000 part-time workers would like to work more than they currently do.

2 Mar 2016

The Local Government Fund is a central fund which finances part of the expenditure of local authorities. In 2016 €1.8 billion will be spent.

An Uneven Recovery? Employment Variations By Region
23 Feb 2016

Employment in Ireland is now just under 2 million. Are we really on the road to recovery?
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#GE16 The Irish Tax System: Some Facts
18 Feb 2016

#GE16 – Read The Tax Facts Before You Decide
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Local Property Tax 2016
27 Jan 2016

Our Local Authority Finances app has been updated for 2016. This note examines the Local Property Tax component.
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Kenny Report (1973) – Four Decades On The Shelf
20 Jan 2016

This note revisits the Report of the Committee on the Price of Building land (1973) known as the Kenny Report. It examines the role of taxes and development contributions on the increase in the value of land arising from the provision of public infrastructure.
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Action On Pensions Is Now Urgent
17 Dec 2015

The Milliman report concludes that “The State pension system is unsustainable in its current form but there is no easy solution to improve its sustainability”.
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#GE16 The General Election Manifestos : Our View
22 Feb 2016

The binding commitments in the EU Fiscal Rules will not allow many of the commitments in the Manifestos of the main political parties to be implemented within the next three years.
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The Cost Of Health Care Rises Substantially As People Get Older
4 Feb 2016

he high cost of health insurance claims among older age groups highlights the challenge for the future funding of our health services as the population ages.
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Local Authority Budgets 2016
21 Jan 2016

Local authorities plan to spend €4.1 billion in 2016. What are the sources of income and expenditure?
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Large Fall In Use Of Credit Cards Since The Crash
21 Dec 2015

Credit Card debt is down since the crash and here is the evidence.
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Social Benefits In Ireland
16 Dec 2015

This surveys highlights expenditure on social protection in Ireland by individual programmes and social payments
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