Tagged with: NESC
NESC Report on Responses to Unemployment Crisis
Sinéad Pentony 11/08/2011
Sinéad Pentony: Earlier this week NESC published its latest Report on Supports and Services for Unemployed Jobseekers: Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Recession. The report states that the labour market will take years to recover and it rightly points out that “the exporting sectors play an indispensible but limited role in attaining …
The need for diversity in policy advice
Peadar Kirby 20/06/2011
Peadar Kirby: When speaking to the NESC on Friday last, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny made a point that, if taken seriously, has the potential to address …
Crises: Not 5 but 7
Slí Eile 14/10/2009
Slí Eile: The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) has recently published its Next Steps in Addressing Ireland’s Five-Part Crisis: …
Responding to the crisis
24/03/2009
It can be hard to see beyond the impending budget and the rising crescendo of voices clamouring for cutting our way out of the present gathering …
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