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TASC issues new report on State Assets
16/02/2012
Click here to download TASC's new report, The Strategic Role of State Assets - Reframing the Privatisation Debate. Comments?
Karl Whelan's briefing paper for Oireachtas Finance Committee
15/02/2012
Karl Whelan, Brian Lucey and Stephan Kinsella are appearing before the Oireachtas Finance Committee this afternoon to discuss ELA and promissory …
A taxing fable
David Jacobson 14/02/2012
David Jacobson: In Monday’s Irish Times business editor John McManus speculated about why there had not been more response from disgruntled, …
Guest post by Martin O'Dea: Rebalancing the power
14/02/2012
Martin O'Dea lectures in Management and Human Resource Management at the Dublin Business School: There are many levels at which to assess the current …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: Loose lips sink ships
Arthur Doohan 13/02/2012
Arthur Doohan: The "grown-up's" will remember the opening sequence to the 'Mission Impossible' TV series, where the tape self destructs a few seconds …
Minimum Essential Budgets
Nat O'Connor 10/02/2012
Nat O'Connor: The TCD Policy Institute recently published a volume by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice and Dr Micheál Collins, which …
The Fiscal Compact, or: where will we be in 2018?
Tom McDonnell 07/02/2012
Tom McDonnell: The debate about the fiscal compact is likely to continue for some time. Much has been made of the 'one twentieth' rule but in …
January 2012 tax - have we reached the bottom?
An tSaoi 03/02/2012
An Saoi: The January tax figures have given the Government a bit of good news, but the question is how much? The Table below gives the figures for …
Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs
03/02/2012
The Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs met yesterday to hear briefings on the International Agreement on a Reinforced Economic Union. TASC's …
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