OECD urges Central Bank to add consumer representatives to advisory group
Organisation also suggests regulator assess how effective are ‘dear CEO’ letters to industry bosses
Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD)
One in four adults in Ireland struggle with everyday maths such as calculating percentages
Finding comes as former taoiseach Leo Varadkar says many in politics and media do not understand numbers
We can’t build our way out of the capacity issues in the health service
We must stop viewing health as ‘a cost to be managed’ and instead understand it as ‘an investment to be made’
Political parties try to reconcile policy with promises
Incoming administration is lacking in neither cash nor advice if exchequer returns, the OECD and Ifac are to be believed
OECD warns Ireland that investment projects need to be ‘carefully sequenced’
While large investments in housing, transport and energy are needed, the Irish economy faces capacity constraints, especially in terms of labour and skills
OECD warns against too conservative pension investment strategies
Report says investing in equities improves returns even after retirement but it does come with greater risk
The key decisions now facing Donald Trump which will have a big impact on the Irish economy
The president-elect faces big calls on his high tariff agenda, with many key advisers calling for early moves to lay down a marker
Falling nursing applications may make it ‘impossible’ to fill places in Ireland, OECD warns
EU facing ‘severe’ health workforce shortage due to ageing staff and declining interest among young people in these careers
Learning outcomes slide for Irish pupils, report finds
Education levels have stagnated or slowly declined across much of the world, says Unesco
Ireland’s tax system is most progressive of any advanced economy, report finds
Department of Finance says State’s taxation and welfare system does more to reduce income inequality than any other OECD economy
State set for equivalent of another Apple windfall in coming years
Deadline for consensus on OECD plans for taxing of multinationals has come and gone
Global economy ‘turning a corner’ as inflation fades and interest rates come down
OECD says real wage growth is supporting household incomes and spending but rising geopolitical tensions pose risk to outlook
‘I can only get 9¼ hours of creche time for my daughter’: parents call for State-run childcare
National Women’s Council and 25 other organisations want pilot programme established
Irish principals condemn ‘vacuous’ OECD review which missed ‘severe deprivation’ in some schools
Department of Education’s own information repeated in report, leaders of schools in disadvantaged areas say
We should be embarrassed about the Apple ruling but not for the reasons you think
Ireland remains central to a rotten system that deprives some of the poorest countries in the world of much needed tax revenue
Teachers’ salaries have declined in real terms in recent years, OECD report finds
Ireland spends less on education per student compared to average across developed countries
Ireland’s corporate tax bubble is now a €30bn hot air balloon
Not for the first time Apple has sent Ireland’s tax figures stratospheric and the Department of Finance running for cover
Women filling majority of new jobs in Irish economy - and trend is only going one way
Female labour force participation has risen steadily from below 50% at the turn of the century to over 60% now, but remains low by international standards
Health insurer VHI won’t have to pay higher 15% corporate tax rate until 2029
Insurer has five-year deferral on new corporate tax rate as it has no international activity
Despite the concentration risk, Ireland’s corporation tax windfall could grow to €30bn
Business tax receipts have tended to exceed even the most optimistic projections and there are reasons to suspect receipts will go up again, even from this high point
Three big international headwinds that could derail Ireland
Sunak’s Rwanda immigration plan, the election of Donald Trump in the US and a stagnating euro zone economy could all be big problems for us
UK pauses drive to raise minimum wage
Pay decision will come as relief to UK businesses after period of rapid increases
Joe Biden’s plan for higher corporate tax rate could be bad news for Ireland
US president has indicated a desire to see the US minimum rate increased from 15% to 21%, as part of a revenue-raising package to soak big companies
Global tax deal under threat from US politics and fraying consensus
G20 finance ministers to discuss how to save reforms to way multinationals are taxed where they do business
Too soon to cry victory on inflation, OECD tells central banks
Organisation says external factors helping push inflation lower are dissipating
Republic set to be big winner from new global minimum corporation tax, says OECD
OECD estimates ‘investment hubs’ could see corporate tax revenues rising by up to 34% from new tax rate of at least 15% on multinational profits
Global minimum tax on multinationals goes live to raise up to €200bn
After years of OECD talks, ‘critical mass’ of nations to apply at least 15% rate from January
Corporate tax take likely to evolve from win-win of recent years
An increasingly mature multinational sector, our reliance on a few big companies and changes in global tax rules will all affect future tax revenues
Irish economy has stalled and corporation tax is wobbling but what will 2024 bring?
Biggest concern for the year ahead appears to centre on whether ECB has gone too far with rate rises
Ireland needs to deliver on housing, planning reform and university funding to continue winning foreign investment
A feature likely to continue is countries and economic blocs outbidding one another with large subsidies for investments in areas like chip manufacturing and renewable energy
AI will be of most benefit to educated countries like Ireland
Gutenberg’s printing press transformed the world and those who were better educated to begin with enjoyed the greatest benefits; AI’s transformative power is far greater
Top French economist Thomas Piketty accuses Ireland of ‘siphoning off’ others’ tax revenues
Remarks were made in response to new figures showing State’s unusually high level of tax revenues
Our multinational economy cruises in the fast lane but the domestic one is definitely slowing down
The old story of the Republic’s two-tier economy is alive and well
Child poverty in the Republic down by almost 20% - Unicef
Top-ranking countries include Slovenia and Poland, those at the bottom include UK and France
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