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…
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.
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.
Henri Smets sets the international context for water pricing: “In all countries, it is now accepted that water users should pay to a very large extent for the water they use, and the amount of payment be proportionate to water consumption. The Irish model of free water for domestic users was hardly known to the…
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In comparing the tax burden and the level of public spending between countries, the OECD and others usually scale individual country data by the size of that country’s economy. The size of the economy is normally measured using GDP-or the amount produced in the economy in a given year. For example, in 2009 Irish public…
Continue Reading ...When elected members of local authorities are faced with the possibility of a transformative development in their areas, they have two choices. They can initiate a process of becoming seriously informed of the technical, economic, social and environmental implications, engage on the basis of such information with key stakeholders and the general public, and then…
Continue Reading ...Economics is the science of choice. The job of economists is to take away the punch bowl just when the party gets going. It’s perhaps the only field where, the more they get it wrong, the more their services are in demand – perverse incentives on a grand scale. In Ireland, the Minister for Public…
Continue Reading ...Data and references supporting the evidence are included in detailed notes at the end of the paper. Introduction For any country, easy and efficient access to others is an important contributor to its economy and quality of life. It is particularly so when the country is an island with no land or rail links to…
Continue Reading ...Since we first colonized this island about 10,000 years ago, we have engaged in two huge clearances of nature. The first was the elimination of the native woodlands; we cleared our natural endowment to such an extent that only a few solitary and meager residues remain. This loss only becomes apparent when one visits countries…
Continue Reading ...The Critical Constraint Living is about dealing with constraints – physical, economic, social, emotional, psychological and environmental. And a successful life is about knowing which constraints are critical, which are the ones we can do something about, and acting accordingly. Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) was a German chemist who created the modern laboratory. He was…
Continue Reading ...Public Sector Reform: Need for a Modern System of Public Accounting We have the most crude accounting tools. It’s tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn’t tell us the things that we need to know. Susan George, American Activist. The present system of Government accounting has long been seen as no longer fit…
Continue Reading ...This is the Submission to Department of Environment on Water Policy It makes seven recommendations, including support for metering and recommendations in relation to the pricing regime for water use. Read more about the issues surrounding Irish water policy here. Check out the video interview with Frank Convery and add your comments. We want to…
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