How Can We Charge For Excessive Use Of Water?
6 Mar 2017The proposal to charge for excessive use of water under the Water Services Act, 2007 is not credible.
April, 2014
03/04/2014
White Paper On Universal Health Insurance 
The Path to Universal Healthcare. The government set out their model for Universal Health Insurance, as well as a road map for achieving it.
Categories : External Analysis,Health
03/04/2014
Letter From California - Hospitals, Highways And Water
California continues to be a world leader in most of what it does and how it does it. A recent visit yielded some good (the value of scale, volunteers, transparency), and not so good (labelling of highway exits, water policy and management) examples
Categories : Other Documents,Water Policy
March, 2014
13/03/2014
Ireland's Report Card March 2014
Ireland's Report Card March 2014
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis
07/03/2014
Macroeconomic Imbalances Ireland 2014
European Economy - Macroeconomic Imbalances Ireland 2014
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets
05/03/2014
Tax Revenue Profile 2014
Monthly profile of expected exchequer tax revenue receipts in 2014
Categories : Fiscal Fact Sheets
05/03/2014
Auto-Enrolment Into Pensions: An Option For Ireland?
This commentary describes the policy of auto-enrolment in pension schemes.
Categories : Our Analysis,Pension Reform
03/03/2014
The Prevalence of Smoking in Ireland
In October 2013 the Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly launched the policy “A Tobacco Free Ireland by 2025”. The aim of the policy is to reduce the percentage of the population smoking to less than 5 per cent. This note sets out the latest position.
Categories : Health,Our Analysis
02/03/2014
Compare Your Country - OECD Economic Outlook 
This is a link to the OECD website which allows comparison with other OECD countries on a range of economic and social indicators.
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
February, 2014
20/02/2014
The Troika And Financial Assistance In The Euro Area: Successes And Failures
The Troika and financial assistance in the euro area: successes and failures.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis,Financial Crisis
17/02/2014
Debt And Growth: Is There A Magic Threshold
IMF researchers Andrea Pescatori, Damiano Sandri, and John Simon find no evidence of any particular debt threshold above which medium-term growth prospects are dramatically compromised.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis
17/02/2014
Low Skills Of The Irish Workforce
In a guest commentary, John Martin former Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at OECD shows that the skill levels among the working-age population in Ireland are relatively low. Upskilling the adult population, especially in terms of the key information-processing skills, has to be a high priority for policy makers.
Categories : Income Distribution
05/02/2014
Ireland: Report Card February 2014
Ireland's Continuing Progress February 2014 - Department of Finance
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,Fiscal Fact Sheets
January, 2014
29/01/2014
EU Fiscal Governance: Issues for Ireland
EU Fiscal Governance: Issues for Ireland. IIEA 28 January 2014
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets,Presentations/Conference
29/01/2014
EU Fiscal Governance: The New Rules
EU Fiscal Governance: The New Rules.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets,Presentations/Conference
27/01/2014
Work Incentives
A key aim of public policy is to ensure that work pays while achieving adequate income protection for the unemployed. This is particularly important in the case of young people in order to avoid locking them into long-term unemployment which has very negative economic and social consequences in the longer-term.
Categories : Income Distribution,Our Analysis,Working Papers
23/01/2014
Policy Perspectives: Staff Publications 2013
Policy Perspectives:
Staff Publications 2013
Department of Finance
Categories : External Analysis,Public Sector Reform
23/01/2014
Medium Term Budgetary Framework December 2013
Department of Finance
Medium Term Budgetary Framework
Published December 2013
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
15/01/2014
Report of the Expert Group on Repossessions
Recommendations from a civil service expert group on improving Ireland’s repossession framework
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis,Financial Crisis
15/01/2014
Health At A Glance 2013
The 2013 Edition of Health at a Glance-OECD Indicators presents the most recent comparable data on key indicators of health and health systems across the 34 OECD member countries. Attached is a note on how Ireland compares on Key Measures.
Categories : Fiscal Fact Sheets,Health
15/01/2014
Public Service Reform Plan 2014-2016
The government’s strategy for public sector reform. Published in January, 2014
Categories : External Analysis,Public Sector Reform
01/01/2014
Budget & Economic Statistics 2013
Department of Finance Budget & Economic Statistics 2013
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
December, 2013
19/12/2013
12th IMF Review December 2013
TWELFTH REVIEW UNDER THE EXTENDED ARRANGEMENT
AND PROPOSAL FOR POST-PROGRAM MONITORING
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
13/12/2013
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Occasional Papers 167 | December 2013
Economic Adjustment Programme for Ireland Autumn 2013 Review
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
13/12/2013
Ireland Report Card December 2013
Ireland Report Card December 2013 from the Department of Finance.
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
12/12/2013
Local Property Tax : Variation by Local Authorities
This note examines the scope which individual local authorities would have to vary the rate of property tax in their area should Government allow authorities to do so. The potential varies significantly in different local authority area.
Categories : Our Analysis,Property Tax
09/12/2013
Monthly Economic Bulletin December 2013
December 2013 Monthly Economic Bulletin
Department of Finance
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
09/12/2013
From Grants to Finance: How to Unlock Home Retrofit Investment
This paper examines the issues which arise in relation to investment in energy conservation in private residences
Categories : Our Analysis,Property Tax
04/12/2013
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA Scores) Results 2012
An Overview of Ireland's Results Can be Found Here
Categories : External Analysis,Public Sector Reform
November, 2013
27/11/2013
The Finances of Local Government in Ireland
This note sets out the income and expenditure of the local government sector in Ireland.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets
25/11/2013
Perspectives on Fiscal Challenges Facing Ireland November 2013
Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Robert Watt, address at the Social Justice Ireland’s annual Social Policy Conference, in Croke Park, on Tuesday 19 November 2013.
Categories : Budget and Troika
22/11/2013
Health Service in Ireland: Key Points 2013
Ireland continues to make substantive headway in improving health outcomes, but more can be done in reducing risk-factors for major diseases and improving value-for-money in health spending,
according to a new OECD report.
Categories : External Analysis,Health
21/11/2013
Government Needs To Explain Why It Is Keeping 80% of the Property Tax
The decision by Government not to adhere to previous commitments to allocate 80pc of the yield from local property tax in 2014 to those areas in which the property is based is regrettable. The reverse in policy has not been explained satisfactorily
Categories : Our Analysis,Property Tax
18/11/2013
EU Autumn 2013 Fiscal Surveillance Package
The EU Commission has issued its first ever opinions on each of the 13 Draft Budgetary Plans submitted by euro area Member States by 15 October, 2013. Four Member States (Cyprus, Greece, Ireland and Portugal) were exempted from this exercise as they are subject to a macroeconomic adjustment programme, which already provides this budgetary information. The euro area fiscal surveillance is rooted in the 'Two-Pack' legislation, which entered into force on 30 May 2013
Ireland will be subject to this exercise in Autumn 2014 and the attached document sets out further information on the process
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
11/11/2013
Budget 2014: The 9% Rate of VAT
This report analyses the impact of the 9% rate of VAT on tourism and employment. It is argued that directly reducing the taxation of employment would be more effective and less distortionary than the indirect method of lowering taxes on the consumption of goods and services that are labour-intensive
Categories : Budget and Troika,Our Analysis
11/11/2013
Effective Water Pricing Is Key To Ensuring Supply
The recent water shortage in Dublin is largely the result of a policy decision the government of the day enacted in 1997; this decision shifted the costs of storing, treating and supplying water from the domestic water user to the general taxpayer
Categories : Our Analysis,Water Policy
10/11/2013
The Importance of Exuberance – Alfred Marshall and Garret Fitzgerald
Frequent encounters with a four year old remind me of what leaks away as we grow older; joyful spontaneity makes way for caution, inertia, knowingness and calculation
Categories : Other Documents
07/11/2013
The Irish Tax System in an International Context
This paper gives an overview of the evolution of the Irish tax system and the changing composition of tax revenue. It also compares the Irish tax system with EU and OECD standards.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Our Analysis
06/11/2013
Measuring Youth Unemployment
The conventional measure of youth unemployment does not account for comparatively higher participation in education by young people. This report contrasts the conventional measure with an alternative – the unemployment ratio.
Categories : Income Distribution,Our Analysis
01/11/2013
Mortgage Restructures Data for Principal Dwelling Houses - End August 2013
The information represents mortgage restructures and arrears to the end of August 2013 for principal dwelling houses (PDH) for the 6 main banks which are part of the Central Bank’s Mortgage Arrears Resolution Targets. These lenders represent 90% of the market. The data has not gone through the lenders quality control process and is
unaudited.
Categories : External Analysis,Income Distribution
01/11/2013
Economic Adjustment Programme for Ireland: Summer 2013 Review
A joint EC/IMF/ECB mission visited Dublin during 9-18 July 2013 to conduct the eleventh review mission under the Economic Adjustment Programme. The mission found that programme implementation remains robust overall, even though domestic vulnerabilities and external risks remain important and will require on-going commitment from the authorities to reforms under the programme and beyond.
This report by European Commission services provides a summary of the main findings of the mission, including an assessment of compliance with the programme conditionality, and an overview of challenges faced by Ireland ahead.
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
October, 2013
21/10/2013
Analysis of the Impact VAT Reduction on Irish Tourism & Employment
Report carried out by Deloitte on behalf of Fáilte Ireland, examining the impact of the VAT reduction from 13.5%to 9% on tourism-related goods and services
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
21/10/2013
Government Finance Statistics October 2013
Government Finance Statistics October 2013
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
Featured theme: Water Policy
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How Should We Pay for Water
14 Dec 2016The Report by the Expert Commission on the Funding of Domestic Public Water Services in Ireland has been submitted on schedule to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services.
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The Future Of Water Charges ?
15 Jun 2016This note sets out the current position in relation to water charges. It also looks at the system of paying for water services in Northern Ireland.
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Irish Water : The Importance Of Staying The Course
26 Nov 2015Irish Water has made significant progress in a short period. Abolishing Irish Water and removing domestic water charges would be a mistake and set back the prospects of having water services fit for a modern economy.
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The New Water Charging Structure
3 Dec 2014This note analyses the new structure of water charges.
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Water Pricing Infographic
17 Nov 2014We’ve contributed a lot to the debate on water pricing in Ireland. Here’s an infographic that sums up our position on the pricing of water in Ireland.
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Domestic Water Use And Charges : Evidence From The USA
12 Nov 2014The rates and structure of Water Charges vary significantly across the U.S.
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Letter from California – Hospitals, Highways and Water
31 Mar 2014California continues to be a world leader in most of what it does and how it does it.
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