Budget Perspectives Conference 2019
Paschal Donohoe, TD, Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, launched the ESRI's Budget Perspectives Conference 2019. Every year, this conference discusses policy issues related to the upcoming Budget.
Publications launched at the annual conferences are available to download here.
Conference Programme
INTRODUCTION
9:15
Welcome
Alan Barrett, Director of the ESRI
Opening Address
Paschal Donohoe, TD, Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform
SESSION 1
Chair: Jasmina Behan, Head of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service
9:45
Macroeconomic and Fiscal Context for Budget 2019
Seamus Coffey, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
10:15
Income Growth and Income Distribution in Ireland: A Long-Run View of the Irish Experience
Tim Callan, ESRI, and Maxime Bercholz, ESRI
10:45
Discussion
SESSION 2
Chair: John Conlon, Assistant Secretary, Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
11:30
Lone Parent Incomes and Work Incentives
Mark Regan, ESRI, and Claire Keane, ESRI
12:00
Using Behavioural Experiments to Pre-Test Policy
Pete Lunn, ESRI, and Deirdre Robertson, ESRI
12:30
Discussion