The Annual Irish Policy Conference

Venue: Institute of Bankers

The Annual Irish Policy Conference 2014, organised this year by the ESRI, UCD Geary and UL, took place on 31 January, from 09.15am to 17.00pm, at the Institute of Bankers, 1 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1.

The theme this year was Economic Policy after the Bailout, and the topics covered include Industrial Relations, Migration, Market, Health, Fiscal Policy and Banking.

Videos, with synchronised audio recordings and slide shows, processed by the UCD Geary Institute, are available below.

All videos are of the slides with audio of the talk.

9:15 - 10:45: Plenary: The Impact of the Crisis on Industrial Relations

Chair: Aedín Doris (NUI Maynooth)

  • Kieran Mulvey (Labour Relations Commission) Prospects for Pay and Industrial Relations in the Irish Economy Slides Video
  • Shay Cody (IMPACT Trade Union) “The impact of the crisis on industrial relations – a public service focus” Slides Video
  • Michelle O’Sullivan/Tom Turner (University of Limerick) “The Crisis and Implications for Precarious Employment’”Slides Video

11:15 – 12:45: 2A. Migration and the Labour Market

Chair: Philip O’Connell (UCD Geary Institute)

  • Piaras MacÉinrí (UCC) ‘Beyond the choice v constraint debate: some key findings from a recent representative survey on emigration’ Slides Video
  • Peter Muhlau (TCD) “Social ties and the labour market integration of Polish migrants in Ireland and Germany” Slides Video
  • Alan Barrett (ESRI & TCD) and Irene Mosca (TCD) “The impact of an adult child’s emigration on the mental health of an older parent” Slides Video

2B. Economics: Teaching and Practice

Chair: Ronan Gallagher (Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform)

  • Brian Lucey (TCD): “Finance Education Before and After the Crash” (see Note 1 below)
  • Liam Delaney (Stirling): “Graduate Economics Education” Slides Video
  • Jeffrey Egan (McGraw-Hill Education) “The commercial interest in Third Level Education” Slides Video

1:45 – 3:15: 3A. Health and Recovery

Chair: Alex White, TD, Minister of State

  • David Madden (UCD) “Health and Wealth on the Roller-Coaster: Ireland 2003-2011” Slides Audio
  • Charles Normand TCD) and Anne Nolan (TCD & ESRI) “The impact of the economic crisis on health and the health system in Ireland” SlidesAudio
  • Paul Gorecki (ESRI) ‘Pricing Pharmaceuticals: Has Public Policy Delivered?” Slides Unfortunately due to technical difficulties we don't have a recording for this talk

3B. Fiscal Policy

Chair: Stephen Donnelly TD

  • Seamus Coffey (UCC) “The continuing constraints on Irish fiscal policy” Video 
  • Diarmuid Smyth (IFAC) ‘IFAC: Formative years and the future’ Video 
  • Rory O’Farrell, (NERI) “Supplying solutions in demanding times: the effects of various fiscal measures” Slides Video

3:30 – 5:00: Plenary: Debt, Default and Banking System Design

Chair: Fiona Muldoon (Central Bank of Ireland)

  • Gregory Connor (NUI Maynooth) “An Economist’s Perspective on the Quality of Irish Bank Assets” Slides Audio
  • Kieran McQuinn and Yvonne McCarthy (Central Bank of Ireland) “Credit conditions in a boom and bust property market” Slides Audio
  • Colm McCarthy “Designing a Banking System for Economic Recovery” Slides Audio
  • Ronan Lyons (TCD) “Household expectations and the housing market: from bust to boom??” Slides Audio

Notes:

1. This presentation didn't take place on the day but a copy is available here