The Dublin Economics Workshop (DEW) Annual Economic Policy Conference is Ireland’s longest standing and premier forum for economic policy debate. Attended by policymakers, academics and practitioners, it aims to provide an opportunity for evidence-based policy debate and discussion.

Friday 13th September

13.00 Petty Lecture.

Robert Watt (Secretary General, Department of Health).

Chair: Dermot O’Leary (Goodbody)

14:00 The future of FDI: risks and opportunities

Michael Lohan (IDA Ireland)

Susan Roche (PWC Ireland)

Chris Sibley (CSO)

Chair: Aebhric McGibney (Dublin Chamber)

15:30 Tea/Coffee

16.00 Hitting our climate targets

Edgar Morgenroth (Dublin City University)

Paul Lyons (Central Bank of Ireland)

George Hussey (Climate Change Advisory Council)

Chair: Yvonne McCarthy (Central Bank of Ireland)

17.45 Cantillon Lecture

Mayor John Moran (Mayor of the City and County of Limerick).

Chair: Aebhric McGibney (Dublin Chamber)

Saturday 14th September

09.30 Labour market, skills needs and future economic growth

Harry Williamson & Dermot Coates (IGESS)

Joan McNaboe (Skills & Labour Market Research Unit, Solas)

Linda Kane (IGEES)

Eoin Morton (Skillnet Ireland)

Chair: Rowena Dwyer (IGEES & D/PENDER)

11.00 Tea/Coffee 

11.30 How to reach 50k: policies for increasing housing supply

Brian Moran (Hines Ireland)

Aileen Gleeson (Department of Finance) 

Dermot O’Leary (Goodbody)

Chair: Barra Roantree (Trinity College Dublin) 

13:00 Lunch

14:00 More than money? Performance and capacity in healthcare 

Theano Kakoulidou and Aoife Brick (ESRI) 

Mark Hennesy (Department of Health) 
Brian Turner (UCC)

Chair. Ciarán Mac an Bhaird (DCU)