Budget Perspectives Conference

Venue: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2

This year’s Budget Perspectives conference will take place on the morning of Wednesday 17th June.
The macroeconomics session will include a presentation by David Duffy and Kieran McQuinn from the Quarterly Economic Commentary team, and a panel session on current issues.
In the microeconomic session, tax and welfare options will be explored using SWITCH, the ESRI tax-benefit model.
The final paper will then examine the extent to which recent initiatives have helped to make work more financially attractive.

PROGRAMME

08.30 Registration and coffee

09.00 Welcome: Frances Ruane, Director, ESRI

Session 1

Chair: Robert Watt, Secretary-General Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform

09.05 Macroeconomic Context for Budget 2016
David Duffy and Kieran McQuinn (ESRI) Download Presentation

09.40 Current Macroeconomic Issues:

Panel
John McHale (Chairman, IFAC) Download Presentation

Dan O’Brien (Chief Economist, IIEA) Download Presentation

Graham Stull (EU Commission) Download Presentation
10.10 Discussion

10.30 Tea/Coffee

Session 2

Chair: Frances Ruane, Director, ESRI

11.00 Exploring Tax and Welfare Options
Tim Callan, Brian Colgan, Michael Savage, John Walsh (ESRI) Download Presentation

11.40 Making Work Pay More: Recent Initiatives
Michael Savage, Tim Callan, Brian Colgan, John Walsh (ESRI) Download Presentation
12.20 Discussion

12.45 Close