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.

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.

Ireland – Facts & Figures 2017. CSO

The government has set an ambitious target to have 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030. There are currently circa 3,000 electric vehicles in Ireland or 15 per cent of the 2020 target.

The main categories in need of social housing in Dublin are single person households, the unemployed and those living in private rented accommodation.

Fiscal Monitor - February 2018

A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018 - 2023

Under the polluter pays principle, tax rates on diesel and petrol fuels should be at a rate which is commensurate with the total environmental costs they incur.

Project Ireland 2040 - National Development Plan 2018—2027

Project Ireland 2040 - National Planning Framework

Local Authorities plan to spend almost €4.8 billion in 2018. See your Council’s spending on LocalAuthorityFinances.com

Economic Forecast Ireland EU Commission February, 2018. European Commission.

Valuations for Local Property Tax are due to be revised in 2019. This note sets out some of the issues which arise.

Department of Finance Fiscal Monitor January 2018

The purpose of this survey is to highlight expenditure on social protection in Ireland by individual programmes and social payments.

The number of people on labour activation programmes has fallen by over 25 per cent or 24,000 in the last three years.

The educational attainment of people in Ireland is rising rapidly. Those in the 35-39 age group are over twice as likely to have a third level qualification as those in the 65-69 age group.

Household energy prices in Ireland are near the Eurozone average, but are relatively high compared to the UK. Taxes on household energy in Ireland are less than half the average level in the Eurozone

Annual Taxation Report (January, 2018)

Household energy prices in Ireland are near the Eurozone average, but are relatively high compared to the UK. Taxes on household energy in Ireland are less than half the average level in the Eurozone

Department of Finance - Fiscal Monitor December 2017

Budget Statistics December 2017. Department of Finance

The results from the 2016 Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC) show an increase in living standards and a significant reduction in those experiencing “enforced deprivation ”.

Legislation before the Oireachtas provides that age-related levies on health insurance premia will be paid for ten years only.

Text of Brexit Agreement Between UK and EU, December 2017

State of Health in the EU - Ireland 2017

Climate Change Advisory Council - Annual Review 2017

Owner–occupation levels increase with age. The over 65’s are over 9 times more likely to own their houses than the under 25’s. Older people who own their houses are more likely to be mortgage free. Over 90 % of those over 65 have no mortgages compared with just over 10 % of those aged 35-39. Younger people are 30 times more likely to be in private rented accommodation. Almost three quarters of those under 25 rent in the private sector compared with 1 in 40 of those over 65. There is a significant fall between 2011 and 2016 in the proportion of those under 40 who are owner occupiers.

Fiscal Monitor - November 2017

Fiscal Assessment Report – November 2017. IFAC

The tax wedge on low wage workers in Ireland is the lowest in the EU. This is a positive feature of the Irish system which minimises the disincentive to employ low skilled workers.

Ireland’s Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990 – 2016

How's Life In Ireland November, 2017. OECD.

Report of 2018 Irish Budget EU Commission

One in thirteen Irish people are severely materially deprived.

Report of Working Group on Future Funding Model for Irish Water

There were over 8,300 homeless people in September 2017 – an increase of almost 1,700 or over 25 per cent since September 2016.

Public Investment Management Assessment (IMF, 2017)

Department of Finance. Ireland's Economy & Finances, October 2017

CSO: Brexit Indicators: Ireland and the UK in Numbers

Department of Finance - Housing and Property Sector Chartpack – October 2017

Fiscal Monitor - October 2017. Department Of Finance

The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS), more commonly referred to as the Fair Deal scheme, is a system of financial support for those in need of long-term nursing home care. This report examines the issues arising in the establishment of a similar scheme to cover the needs of those who require home care

Local Authority rent arrears amount to €73 million, of which €37 million are in Dublin .

Census 2016 SAPS Mapping Viewer

Monthly Economic Bulletin October 2017. Departmemt of Finance

Seven local authorities have voted to increase the local property tax above the basic rate for 2018. Only four councils have reduced it. The net effect of these adjustments will decrease LPT revenue by €23 million next year.

Government Finance Statistics Q2 2017. CSO.

Government Finance Statistics 2016 - CSO

Department of Finance - Fiscal Monitor September 2017