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  • Irish Population Health: life expectancy and mortality

    — November 25, 2020

    Key Point: Over the last decade life-expectancy in Ireland has increased by 2 years for women and 3 years for men since 2008: women living to 84 years and men to 80 years in 2018. Notwithstanding the dramatic rise in life-expectancy across the EU over the last number of decades, there has been a slowdown…

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  • Distribution of the Local Property Tax: equalization funds, surpluses and tax rates

    — November 2, 2020

    Key Point: In 2020 the Local Property Tax (LPT) yield amounted to €488 million. Between the years 2015 and 2020, 21 Local Authorities experienced funding deficits and required equalisation funding. The level of equalisation funding allocated to LAs in 2020 amounted to just over €135m: representing an increase of €33m or 32% from €102m in…

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  • Environmental Sustainability: Trends in Energy Emissions and Taxation

    — October 2, 2020

    Key Point: In 2018, total greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland amounted to over 60,900 kilotonne (kt) Co2 equivalents: representing a decrease of almost 6,600 or 9.7% from almost 67,500 kt Co2 eq in 2008. The largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions came from the energy sector: accounting for 36,600 kt Co2 eq or 60% of…

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  • Trends in Medical Workforce Supply and Retention

    — September 7, 2020

    Key Point: In 2019, Consultants and Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors account for over 10,000 or 8% of the total workforce in the public health system. Since 2015, the number of serving Consultants has increased by almost 530 to 3,250 in 2019, while the total number of NCHDs also increased by almost 1,000 to 6,860. Despite the…

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  • The Irish Taxation System: trends over time and international comparisons

    — August 28, 2020

    Key Point[a]: Tax revenue fell substantially during the Great Recession: decreasing by €15bn or 33% from €47bn in 2007 to a low point of €32bn in 2010. As the economy stabilised after 2011, tax revenues also recovered at an annual average rate of 7% per year – reaching almost €60bn in 2019. As a share…

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  • Comparing Irish Income Taxation Rates with other EU Member States

    — July 23, 2020

    Key Point: In 2019 Irish income tax revenue accounted for €23 billion or 40% of total tax receipts. Taxation of labour income accounts for the greatest share of total income tax receipts: with Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and the Universal Social Charge (USC) amounting to €16 bn and €4 bn respectively in 2019. At…

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  • The Utility of Public Transport in Ireland: Post COVID-19 Lockdown and Beyond

    — July 1, 2020

    Mike Hynes[a] and Patrick Malone[b] Abstract: Moves towards decarbonising the Irish economy must focus strongly on reducing car dependence, particularly in our cities and towns. Car dependence is also costly in terms of social and economic externalities. Public transport is a system that allows groups of individuals travel together on designed routes, often for a…

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  • Housing: Social Housing Outputs and Stock

    — June 23, 2020

    Key Point: During the Great Recession and its aftermath, provision of social housing by Local Authorities (LA) and Approved Housing Bodies (AHB)[a] fell sharply. In 2007, the combined provision by LA’s and AHB’s was 8,673. However, this traditional supply of social housing fell dramatically, to less than 760 units in 2013 and 2014. In more…

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  • Graduate Outcomes Survey: Class of 2018

    — June 11, 2020

    Graduate Outcomes Survey: Class of 2018 is now available from the Higher Education Authority HERE

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  • Quarterly Economic Commentary, Summer 2020

    — May 28, 2020

    Quarterly Economic Commentary, Summer 2020 is now available from the ESRI HERE

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  • European Overview of End-Of-Lockdown

    — May 22, 2020

    European Overview of End-Of-Lockdown is available from Foundation Robert Schuman: The Research and Study Centre on Europe is available HERE

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  • Labour Force Survey – Q1 2020

    — May 22, 2020

    Labour Force Survey – Q1 2020 is available from the Central Statistics Office HERE

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  • Social Impact of Covid-19 on Women and Men, April 2020

    — May 19, 2020

    Social Impact of Covid-19 on Women and Men, April 2020 is available from the Central Statistics Office HERE

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  • Recent trends and statistics in Covid-19 Cases, Testing, and Deaths

    — May 15, 2020

    Between the months of April and May, the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 increased significantly from over 8,089 to 22,541 (+14,452). When expressed as per 100,000 of the population, the rate of covid-19 cases increased from over 160 in April to almost 460 per 100,000 people in May. The number of deaths caused…

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  • Employment and Life Effects of Covid-19 April 2020

    — May 13, 2020

    Employment and Life Effects of Covid-19 April 2020 is available from the Central Statistics Office HERE

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  • The Initial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ireland’s Labour Market

    — May 5, 2020

    The Initial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ireland’s Labour Market is now available from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection HERE

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  • Ireland’s COVID19 Crisis Response – Slides and Videos

    — April 17, 2020

    Conference Programme and Presentation Slides Covid-19 Crisis Response Conference Programme Download Programme We apologise for any inconvenience technical issues with the videos Session 1 A.The Macroeconomy of Ireland Post Covid-19 Video Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland Slides Beata Javorcik, Chief Economist, ERBD. Michael McMahon, Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Oxford.  Stephen Kinsella,…

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  • Overcoming the barriers to tax reform

    — April 17, 2020

    Overcoming the barriers to tax reform is now available from the Institute For Government HERE

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  • Using behavioural science to help fight the coronavirus

    — March 31, 2020

    Using behavioural science to help fight the coronavirus now available from the ESRI HERE

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  • Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2020

    — March 31, 2020

    Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2020 now available from the ESRI HERE

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  • Rise in Housing Supply: Planning, Completions and Purchases

    — March 18, 2020

    Key Point: There have been substantial increases in indicators of housing activity in recent years. The number of residential planning approvals increased from almost 1,556 in 2013 to 6,934 in 2017 and to over 12,500 in 2019 (Q4).  The total number of dwelling completions increased from 1,641 in 2011 to 6,450 in 2019 (Q4). Scheme…

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  • Trends in Smoking Prevalence and Tobacco Consumption

    — February 24, 2020

    Key Point: In recent decades Ireland has demonstrated a strong track record in tobacco control and the introduction of policy measures aimed at reducing smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption. From survey data provided by the National Tobacco Control Office (NTCO) on the prevalence of smoking among the population aged 15 years and over, it is…

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  • Access to Acute Mental Health Beds in Ireland: A discussion paper analysing bed availability for adults, including international comparisons

    — February 19, 2020

    Access to Acute Mental Health Beds in Ireland: A discussion paper analysing bed availability for adults, including international comparisons is now available from the Mental Health Commission HERE

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  • Acute Hospital Service: Inputs, Outputs and Waiting Lists

    — February 5, 2020

    Key Point: Since 2015, total spending on acute hospital services has risen by €1.2billion or 27%, from €4.4bn to almost €5.6bn in 2019. The total number of staffing in acute hospital services has also increased by almost 8,000 or 14.5%, from over 54,000 in 2015 to 62,000 in 2019. However, recent data suggests that this…

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  • EQUITY IN TEACHERS’ PAY: Will new entrants ever catch up?

    — December 18, 2019

    Key Point: New entrants into second level teaching have experienced substantial changes to their payments, with the introduction of a 10% reduction in their starting salary in 2010 and the creation of a new pay scale for teachers commencing their employment post 2011. The abolition of qualification allowances has placed new entrants at a further…

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