NERI
Seminar: A Budget
for Growth and Equality – presentation of the 3rd NERI Quarterly
Economic Observer (Autumn 2012).
The NERI
(Nevin Economic Research Institute) will hold a seminar on Wednesday 26th
September 2012 at 3pm (note earlier starting time than usual) entitled A
Budget for Growth and Equality – presentation of the 3rd NERI
Quarterly Economic Observer (Autumn 2012).
The NERI seminar series aims to
provide a forum for the presentation of research on topics of relevance to
Irish public policy (North and South) and will take the format of a
presentation of the research followed by a questions and answers/discussion.
The series will continue throughout 2012/13.
The seminars are open to all who are
interested and are free to attend.
Details of the next seminar are:
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Speakers:
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Dr Tom Healy, Dr Micheál Collins
and Dr Rory O’Farrell, Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI)
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Venue:
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INTO Learning Centre, 38 Parnell
Square, Dublin 1 (directions available at www.NERInstitute.net/events)
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Time:
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3pm Wednesday 26th
September
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Abstract:
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Following an outline of a five-year
fiscal adjustment from 2012 to 2017 (Summer QEO) we focus, in this Quarterly,
on the specific details of an alternative budgetary strategy in the Republic
of Ireland for the year 2013, only. This is offered in the wider context of
on-going public debate in the lead-up to the presentation by the Minister for
Finance of next year’s Budget in December 2012. In our view the priorities
for Budget 2013 should be:
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Maintenance of current
levels of public capital programme investment and direction of additional
investment under a new stimulus programme towards priority areas of
infrastructure in combination with other sources of funding;
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Avoidance of further harm
to employment and domestic demand;
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Protection of the incomes
of the most economically vulnerable households in the State; and
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Targeted additional and
moderate increases in taxation of high-income and high-wealth households.
Keywords:
Equality, Employment, Growth
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Please forward to others who may be
interested in attending these seminars.
Further
seminars are planned and details will be circulated in advance of these
seminars.
The NERI (Nevin Economic Research
Institute) is a new research company/think-tank on the Irish Economy launched
in March 2012 and funded by a number of unions affiliated to the ICTU. It aims
‘to influence policy outcomes that have the greatest effect on the achievement
of equity and fairness in the political economy on the Island of Ireland, to
the benefit of working people, their families and communities and the enhancement
of the quality of life of all people living on the island of Ireland, through
the provision of high-quality macro and micro economic research and analyses,
awareness raising and capacity building programmes’. The website of the
institute is: www.NERInstitute.net
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