Tuesday, Feb 7th 2012
In previous posts I showed that Irish public services were already grossly underfunded by EU norms and that, using ESRI data, cutting public sector employment will have only a trivial impact on the fiscal deficit. In this last of three posts on public services I will sketch out an alternative fiscal approach to public [...]
The Croke Park Agreement’s first annual report found considerable ‘savings’ in expenditure on public services: €289 million was saved on the pay bill due mainly to 5,000 less jobs while a further €308 million was saved in non-pay costs. Even so, Ministers are warning that they will need more, much more. In fact, we’re going [...]
On Progressive Economy | NAMA & Price and ICTU & Cuts
Brendan Williams, a lecturer on Urban Development at UCD and a former chartered surveyor and property market analyst argues that the proposed payment based on LEV departs from accepted international market value standards.
“Proposals departing from market valuations to arranged and legislation-based prices may be [...]
Do the findings of the TASC survey, The Solidarity Factor - Public Perceptions of Unequal Ireland, published this week, represent a paradigm shift to the left among Irish adults, particularly among wealthier people?
According to the survey of 1000 adults interviewed in April this year, 70% believe wealth distribution in Ireland is unfair and 80% are concerned [...]
