Budget Perspectives 2025

Budget Perspectives is an annual conference to discuss policy issues related to the national Budget.

Two papers will be launched at this event: 

  • State Contributory Pension reform: Winners and losers. Evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing  
  • Increasing Pay Related Social Insurance to fund the State Pension: Incidence and Effectiveness

09:00

Registration Opens

09:30

Welcome Address

Sean O'Driscoll 

ESRI Council Chairperson

09:35

Address

Paschal Donohoe TD,

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan, Delivery and Reform

10:00

The Distributional Impact of Carbon Pricing in Ireland

Prof. Cathal O’Donoghue

University of Galway

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10:35

Macroeconomic context for Budget 2025

Prof. Kieran McQuinn & Lea Hauser

ESRI

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11:10

Coffee Break

11:30

State Contributory Pension Reform: Winners and Losers

Dr. Claire Keane, Simona Sándorová

ESRI

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12:05

Increasing Pay Related Social Insurance to Fund the State Pension: Incidence and Effectiveness

Dr. Karina Doorley 

ESRI

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12:40

Closing Remarks

Prof. Helen Russell

ESRI

12:45

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