Report by Professor Alan Barrett, Chair of the National Economic Dialogue 2015

The  Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform recently hosted a National Economic Dialogue in Dublin Castle to  facilitate an open and inclusive exchange on the competing economic and social priorities facing the Government as they prepare for Budget 2016.

Professor Alan Barrett, Director of the ESRI, was appointed to independently chair the dialogue. His summary of the dialogue has now been published online by the Department of Finance, and may be read at  http://www.budget.gov.ie/Budgets/2015/Documents/NED-Chairman's%20Report.docx

For further information on the National Economic Dialogue, please visit this website.