Budget Perspectives 2026

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

A report titled The effect of child-related benefits on child poverty and deprivation in Ireland will be launched at this event. 

Event programme

9:00

Registration opens

9:30

Welcome address

Martina Lawless (ESRI Director) 

09:35

Address

John McKeon (Secretary General, Department of Social Protection)

 

10:05

The effect of child-related benefits on child poverty and deprivation in Ireland

Karina Doorley, Bertrand Maitre, Simona Sandorova (ESRI)

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10:40

Does redistribution hurt growth? An Empirical Assessment of the Redistribution-Growth Relationship in the European Union

Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Monika Köppl-Turyna

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11:15

Coffee break

11:35

Macroeconomic context for Budget 2026

Conor O'Toole (ESRI)

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12:10

Medical Card Coverage and Benefit Erosion: Implications of non-Indexation

Claire Keane, Simona Sandorova, Brendan Walsh (ESRI)

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12:45

Closing Remarks

12:50

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