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.
October, 2014
30/10/2014
Civil Service Renewal Plan 
A three-year reform plan for the Civil Service, launched in October 2014
Categories : External Analysis,Public Expenditure,Public Sector Reform
21/10/2014
Survey of Irish Benefits 2014
This paper, updated for 2014, surveys the benefit system in Ireland. It provides detail on social payments as a percentage of GDP, GNP and overall government expenditure and it compares the benefit system in Ireland to that of the UK.
Categories : Fiscal Fact Sheets,Income Distribution,Public Expenditure
20/10/2014
Report of Top Level Appointments Committee 2013 (October 2014)
Report of Top Level Appointments Committee 2013 (October 2014)
Categories : External Analysis,Public Expenditure,Public Sector Reform
16/10/2014
Budget 2015 
Proposed revenues and expenditures for the year 2015, presented to the Dáil on 14 October 2014 by the Minister for Finance.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets,Policy Briefs
16/10/2014
Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2015-2017
This document is the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2015 – 2017, as presented to Dáil Éireann on 14 October 2014 by the Minster for Public Expenditure & Reform. It sets out the Government’s expenditure allocations and measures for 2015, and the expenditure ceilings for 2016 and 2017.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,Fiscal Fact Sheets,Policy Briefs,Public Expenditure
14/10/2014
Estimates of Receipts and Expenditure 2015 (Pre-Budget).
Estimates of Receipts and Expenditure 2015 (Pre-Budget). Department of Finance
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,Fiscal Fact Sheets
September, 2014
30/09/2014
Decision on Water Charges by the Commission for Energy Regulation
Press Release - Decision on Water Charges by the Commission for Energy Regulation
Categories : External Analysis,Water Policy
22/09/2014
Pre-Budget 2015 Statement
September 2014
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets
09/09/2014
Education at a Glance 2014-Ireland
The attached note summarises the findings in relation to Ireland from the 2014 Edition of the OECD publication "Education at a Glance".
Categories : External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets
08/09/2014
Ireland’s Competitiveness
Ireland is ranked 25th in the 2014 Global Competitiveness Report. How can we improve our position?
Categories : Critical Analysis,Debt & Deficits,Our Analysis
04/09/2014
Government Finalises Implementation of Local Property Tax
The Government has today (4th September 2014) finalised the implementation of the Local Property Tax (LPT); 80% of LPT will be retained locally to fund vital public services in 2015. The remaining 20% will be re-distributed to provide top-up funding to certain local authority areas that have lower property tax bases due to the variance in property values across the State
Categories : External Analysis,Local Government,Property Tax
August, 2014
14/08/2014
The Cost of Collecting Commercial Rates
Using our dataset on Local Authority finances, this note examines the efficiency of Commercial Rate collection in Ireland. There is a wide disparity in the performance of individual Local Authorities, while the sector as a whole compares unfavourably to the efficiency of collection by the Revenue.
Categories : Local Government,Our Analysis
13/08/2014
Update to Local Government Finance Web App
More data on Town Councils included in our App localauthorityfinances.com
Categories : Local Government,Our Analysis
13/08/2014
Fiscal Update Q2 2014: Austerity Fatigue
An analysis of exchequer returns in the year to July and their implication for Budget 2015
Excerpt: How much wriggle room for Budget 2015?
Categories : Fiscal Fact Sheets,Our Analysis
July, 2014
30/07/2014
Strengthening Civil Service Accountability & Performance of our Civil Service: How and When
Paper by Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Robert Watt, delivered at MacGill Summer School, 23 July 2014.
Categories : External Analysis,Public Sector Reform
30/07/2014 Data Everywhere
This blog post from Robert Watt, the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, looks at the government’s efforts to make more accessible data regarding the public finances.
Categories : External Analysis,Public Sector Reform
30/07/2014 Good Health
This blog post from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform looks at how expenditure on the health services has changed over recent years
Categories : External Analysis,Health Policy
30/07/2014
Government Finance Statistics 2014 Quarter 1
CSO - Government Finance Statistics 2014 Q1
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets
30/07/2014
The Distribution of Income and the Public Finances
The Distribution of Income and the Public Finances
Categories : External Analysis,Income Distribution
23/07/2014
Local Property Tax Statistics July 2014
The statistics in this release from the Revenue Commissioners are based on preliminary analysis of returns filed and other LPT related information. Work on refining the LPT Register is ongoing and consequently the data included are not final data and a certain amount of estimation has been
required.
Categories : External Analysis,Property Tax
17/07/2014
Review of NAMA
Review of the progress of the National Asset Management Agency
Categories : External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets
10/07/2014
Wealth of Older People in Ireland : North and South, CARDI, June 2014
Wealth of Older People in Ireland : North and South, CARDI, June 2014
Categories : Income Distribution
09/07/2014
Quantification of the Economic Impacts of Selected Structural Reforms in Ireland
Quantification of the Economic Impacts of Selected Structural Reforms in Ireland
Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service
Working Paper July 2014
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets
June, 2014
24/06/2014
Post-Programme Surveillance for Ireland - Spring 2014 Report
This first post-programme surveillance (PPS) report provides an assessment of Ireland's economic,
fiscal and financial situation following the completion of the EU-IMF financial assistance
programme.
Categories : Debt & Deficits,External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets
13/06/2014
Report of Independent Panel on Strengthening Civil Service Accountability and Performance May 2014
Report of Independent Panel on Strengthening Civil Service Accountability and Performance May 2014
Categories : External Analysis,Public Sector Reform
12/06/2014
Welfare Targeting and Work Incentives
Tax and welfare policies must strike a balance between providing income support to those in need and maintaining a financial incentive to work. This paper focuses mainly on the latter objective, identifying the financial incentive to work as measured by the replacement rate – the ratio of out-of-work income to in-work income.
Categories : External Analysis,Income Distribution
12/06/2014
Can We Measure Who Loses Most From Public Service Spending Cuts?
The distributional impacts of changes in taxes and cash benefits are relatively well-understood. This paper explores the less understood methods for modelling the impact of changes to spending on ‘in-kind’ benefits – such as health, education or infrastructure – and the issues those methods raise.
Categories : External Analysis,Income Distribution
12/06/2014
Tracker Mortgages; How Much Equity?
This note analyses mortgage arrears in Ireland with particular reference to tracker mortgages
Categories : Income Distribution,Our Analysis
11/06/2014
EU Opinion on Ireland's Stability Programme 2014
EU Opinion on Ireland's Stability Programme 2014
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis,Financial Crisis
11/06/2014
Ireland’s Public Debt Burden
This note examines Ireland’s debt burden and also includes comparisons with other EU countries.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Our Analysis
May, 2014
30/05/2014
The Behaviour Of Wages In Ireland During The Recession
This report looks at the issue of downward wage rigidity - specifically, whether or not wages fell during the recession. Using a histogram approach, the authors find little evidence to suggest that structural or institutional factors prevented wages from falling during the period 2008 -2011
Categories : Income Distribution,Our Analysis
21/05/2014
Public Service Reform In Ireland
Presentation By Robert Watt To IIEA 15 May 2014
Categories : External Analysis,Presentations/Conference,Public Sector Reform
15/05/2014
Construction 2020
The government’s strategy for accelerating growth in the construction sector
Categories : External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets
13/05/2014
Local Property Tax Statistics April 2014
The statistics in this release are based on preliminary analysis of returns filed and other
LPT related information. Work on refining the LPT Register is ongoing and consequently
the data included are not final data and a cert
Categories : Critical Analysis,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis,Property Tax
09/05/2014
Ireland's Report Card May 2014
Ireland's Continuing Progress May 2014 - Department of Finance
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis
07/05/2014
Health And Education: Are Our Priorities Right?
Relative spending on education versus health is low in Ireland compared to other EU countries when account is taken of our younger population.
Categories : Health,Health Policy,Our Analysis
06/05/2014
IMF: Ireland-Concluding Statement Of The First Post-Program Monitoring Discussion May 2014
IMF: Ireland-Concluding Statement Of The First Post-Program Monitoring Discussion May 2014
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis
April, 2014
25/04/2014
Exchequer Returns February 2014 
Monthly exchequer returns in Excel format. Returns are broken down in to their separate tax headings
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets
25/04/2014
Tax Receipts March 2014
Monthly tax receipts in Excel format. Tax receipts are broken down in to their separate tax headings.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets
23/04/2014
Raising Resources For UHI
Background Policy Paper on Raising Resources for Universal Health Insurance
Categories : External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets,Health
23/04/2014
Designing The Future Health Basket
Background Policy Paper on the Designing the Future Health Basket
Categories : External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets,Health
20/04/2014
Fiscal Update - Q1 2014
An analysis of exchequer returns for the first quarter of 2014
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets
17/04/2014
Stability Programme Update 2014
The SPU sets out the official macro-economic and fiscal forecasts for Ireland out to 2018.
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis,Fiscal Fact Sheets
17/04/2014
Survey On Income And Living Conditions
The Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) in Ireland is a household
survey covering a broad range of issues in relation to income and living conditions.
It is the official source of data on household and individual income and also
provides a number of key national poverty indicators, such as the at risk of poverty
rate, the consistent poverty rate and rates of enforced deprivation. This report
presents the results for 2012 and comparable data for previous years.
Categories : Fiscal Fact Sheets,Income Distribution
14/04/2014
Holders Of Irish Government Bonds
The Central Bank of Ireland is today (11 April 2014) introducing an enhanced dataset on the holders of Irish government bonds.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Fiscal Fact Sheets
14/04/2014
Government Finance Statistics 2013
Central Statistics Office 2009 - 2013 (April 2014 Results)
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis
11/04/2014
IMF Fiscal Monitor April 2014
The Fiscal Monitor surveys and analyses the latest public finance developments, updates fiscal implications of the crisis and medium-term fiscal projections, and assesses policies to put public finances on a sustainable footing. It is prepared twice a year by the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department.
Categories : Budget and Troika,External Analysis
08/04/2014
Monthly Economic Bulletin April 2014
Department of Finance's Monthly Economic Bulletin
Categories : Budget and Troika,Debt & Deficits,External Analysis
07/04/2014
Effective Rates Of Corporation Tax In Ireland.
This Technical Paper considers calculations for an effective tax rate on corporate profits in
Ireland. This is done under three broad headings: using model companies; using official
national statistics; and using company financial reports. Between these, eight approaches
for calculating the effective tax rate on company profits are identified.
Categories : Budget and Troika,Critical Analysis,External Analysis
07/04/2014 Public Service Pensions Accrued Liability
An actuarial valuation has been carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to update the accrued liability in respect of Public Service occupational pensions.
Categories : External Analysis,Pension Reform,Public Sector Reform
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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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