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In 2019 the total Local Property Tax (LPT) yield amounted to €487million. Between the years 2015 and 2019, 21 Local Authorities (LA) experienced funding deficits and required equalization funding
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Johnston, H. and McGauran, A.M. Introduction [1] In Ireland, the percentage of people living in households where no-one is working or where there is only marginal attachment to the labour force is higher than in most other European countries. Eurostat data show that in 2016 in Ireland 11.6 per cent of adults aged 18-59 lived […]
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In 2018, the total revenue of Local Authorities (LAs) amounted to €4.7billion. This represented an increase of over €400million, or 10%, compared to 2017. Total expenditure by LAs increased by 12% from €4.2bn to €4.7bn between 2014 and 2018.
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The General Medical Service Scheme (GMS) provides Medical Cards (MCs) and General Practitioner Visit Cards (GPVCs) on the basis of an income means-test. Full MC holders receive free access to GP services and pharmaceuticals, while GPVCs entitle access to GP services only.
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During the Great Recession and its aftermath, provision of social housing by Local Authorities (LA) and Approved Housing Bodies (AHB)[1] fell sharply. In 2007, the combined provision by LA’s and AHB’s was 8,763.
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Diesel powered vehicles accounted for 64% of all newly registered vehicles in 2018, petrol for 39%, and electric vehicles, less than 1%. There has been some shift from diesel to petrol, and to petrol-hybrids in new cars
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The past five years have seen significant changes in graduate employment outcomes and salary patterns. At present the graduate employment market is buoyant with increasing proportions of Level 8 Honours and Levels 9 and 10 Postgraduate Research[1] graduates reporting to be in employment nine months after graduating
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At the end of 2018 employment had increased to over 2,281,300, its highest level ever, and the unemployment is the lowest recorded in a decade. However, recovery in the labour market remains incomplete: the employment rate is lower than before the Great Recession, youth employment remains low while youth unemployment is more than twice the adult rate.
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In recent decades, there has been a decrease in home ownership and a substantial increase in renting from a private landlord by those in the younger population age groups. A growing proportion of the younger population are also living at home with their parents.
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In 2008 the Irish health insurance market was in a strong position with over half of the Irish population covered by private health insurance. However, the sustainability of the market was put into question during the Great Recession due to a significant exodus of the younger population up-taking health insurance
