2024 Annual Economic Policy Conference

Petty Lecture
Robert Watt (Secretary General, Department of Health).

The future of FDI: risks and opportunities
Michael Lohan (IDA Ireland)
Susan Roche (PWC Ireland)
Chris Sibley (CSO)

Hitting our climate targets
Edgar Morgenroth (Dublin City University)
Paul Lyons (Central Bank of Ireland)
George Hussey (Climate Change Advisory Council)

Labour market, skills needs and future economic growth
Harry Williamson & Dermot Coates (IGESS)
Joan McNaboe (Skills & Labour Market Research Unit, Solas)
Linda Kane (EGFSN)
Eoin Morton (Skillnet Ireland)

How to reach 50k: policies for increasing housing supply
Brian Moran (Hines Ireland)
Aileen Gleeson (Department of Finance)
Dermot O’Leary (Goodbody)

More than money? Performance and capacity in healthcare
Theano Kakoulidou and Aoife Brick (ESRI)
Mark Hennesy (Department of Health)
Brian Turner (UCC)

Cantillon Lecture
John Moran (Mayor of Limerick City and County)

2023 Annual Economic Policy Conference

Petty Lecture
Pearse Doherty TD, Sinn Féin

The state of economics, the planet and wellbeing
Frank Barry, Trinity College Dublin
Anne Ryan, Feasta
Fiachra Kennedy, DPENDR

Labour Market Dynamics
Harry Williamson & Dermot Coates, Dept Enterprise
Tara McIndoe-Calder, Central Bank of Ireland
Orla Mannion, Dublin Chamber
Michael Doherty, Maynooth University

Managing Domestic risks in an uncertain world
Vasileios Madouros, Central Bank of Ireland
Frances Ruane, National Competitiveness and Productivity Council
Kieran McQuinn, Economic and Social Research Institute

How can we activate land for housing delivery?
Robert Sweeney, TASC
Claragh Mulhern, Dept. Housing
James Benson, Cairn Homes

Globalisation and the IrishEconomy
Karen Hogan, Keith Fitzgerald and Dermot Coates, Dept Enterprise
Akisato Suzuki, Parliamentary Budget Office
Breda O’Sullivan, IDA

Climate Change: Do we have the correct institutions in place?
Jillian Mahon, Climate Change Advisory Council
Róisín Garvey,Green Party Senator
Laura Burke, Environmental Protection Agency
Eamon Haughey, Atlantic Technological University

Cantillon Lecture
Niamh Moloney, LSE & the Commission on Taxation and Welfare

2022 Annual Economic Policy Conference

Policy prescriptions for a high inflation era

Minister of State Sean Fleming
Danny McCoy, IBEC
Gillian Phelan, Central Bank of Ireland

Addressing poverty and inequality in Ireland

Seamus Coffey UCC
Barra Roantree, ESRI
Lisa Wilson, NERI
Helen Johnston, NESC

Building Capacity – Improving outcomes & efficiency in the construction sector

Annette Hughes, EY
Rinku Phulphagar & Colm Farrell, DPER & IGEES
Colm McCarthy

William Petty Lecture – Keynote address

Sebastian Barnes, IFAC

Housing – Is the supply deficit worsening?

Eoin Corrigan, Housing Researcher
Peter O’Connor, Dept of Health & IGEES
Anthony Leddin, U

Health reform in Ireland: Delivering better health for Ireland

Sara Burke, TCD
Martin Curley, HSE
Eddie Casey, IFAC
Carole Glynn, TUS

The Future of Banking in Ireland

Brian Hayes, BPFI
Marion Kelly, Chair Irish Banking Culture Board
Harald Felzen, Deutsche Sparkassenstiftung

How secure is Ireland’s energy supply?

John Fitzgerald, Climate Change Advisory Council
Edwina Nyhan, Gas Networks Ireland
Muireann Á Lynch, ESRI
Evan Walker, IGEES

Cantillon Lecture

Philip Lane, Chief Economist, ECB

2021 Annual Economic Policy Conference

Monday 13th 14:00 – 15:30: The future of cities and work after COVID
Introduction by Conference Chairperson, Yvonne McCarthy (Central Bank of Ireland)
Cantillon lecture, delivered by Prof. Edward Glaeser (Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University)
Responses from Alice Charles (Lead, Cities, Infrastructure and Urban Studies at the World Economic Forum) and Paul Hogan (Principal Planning Adviser at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)
Chair: Ronan Lyons, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin

Tuesday 14th 13:00 – 14:30 Is it time to rethink Ireland’s economic model?
Prof. John Van Reenen, Ronald Coase Chair in Economics, London School of Economics
Frances Ruane, Chair of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council
Dermot Coates, Rory Geary and Adrian Hurley (Department of Social Protection/Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES))
Chair: Aebhric McGibney, Director of Public and International Affairs, Dublin Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday 15th 13:00 – 14:30: How can Ireland best meet its climate change and biodiversity targets?
Gillian Tett, Author and Journalist at the Financial Times
Gerry Boyle, Director of Teagasc and member, Climate Change Advisory Council
Laura Kevany, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES)
Chair: Ben Breen, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES)

Wednesday 15th 15:00 – 16:30: Public services after COVID and how to pay for them
Sebastian Barnes, Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Colm McCarthy, Economist and Sunday Independent columnist
Michael Taft, SIPTU
Chair: Ciarán Mac an Bhaird, Associate Professor, Business and Management, Dublin City University

Thursday 16th 13:00 – 14:30: Catching up on lost learning after COVID
Luke Sibieta, Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies and The Education Policy Institute
Emer Smyth, Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute
Kat Chzhen, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin
Chair: Barra Roantree, Research Officer, Economic and Social Research Institute

Friday 17th 12:00 – 13:30: Will inflation make a return?
Keynote by Governor Gabriel Makhlouf, Central Bank of Ireland
Jim Reid, Research Strategist, Deutsche Bank AG
Gillian Edgeworth, Macro Strategist, Wellington Management
Marc Coleman, Founder, Octavian Research & Public Affairs
Chair: Dermot O’Leary, Chief Economist, Goodbody

2021 webinar: A commission on housing in Ireland: what should it look like?

A Commission on Housing in Ireland was agreed in the 2020 Programme for Government. This webinar, hosted by the Dublin Economics Workshop with the support of Trinity Research in the Social Sciences (TRISS), discussed what the ultimate goals of the commission should be, who should contribute to it and how it should be run.

Presentations from the panel, chaired by Liz Canavan (Department of the Taoiseach), are available below:
- Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien
- Marissa Plouin, Urban Policy Specialist, OECD (slides)
- Rory O’Donnell, Economist, formerly of NESC (slides)

A link to the recording of the webinar can be here.

Read the original proposal for a Commission on Housing here.

2020 Annual Economic Policy Conference

Monday 7th September - How can we provide affordable housing for all?
Daniel O’Callaghan (DPER, IGEES) - Social Housing: Analysis and Evidence
Eoin Ó Broin TD (Sinn Féin) - Delivering Genuinely affordable housing. It’s about more that just supply
Ronan Lyons (TCD) - How can we provide affordable housing for all? Thoughts on the scale and the mix of the need
Michelle Norris (UCD) - Land, Finance and the Costs of Social Housing Delivery

Tuesday 8th September - How has COVID affected the labour market?
Cathal McDermott (DPER, IGEES) - Covid-19: Economics Impact on the Sectors
Ailbhe Brioscu( D/EASP, IGEES) - The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Labour Market: An Analysis of PUP Receipients
Orlagh Lavelle (DPER, IGEES) - Impact on the Labour Market - Temporary Covid-19 Schemes
John Martin (Chair, Labour Market Advisory Council) - Challenges facing ALMPs/Activation following the Covid-19 Shock

Wednesday 9th - Brexit: things can only get better?
Rory Montgomery (Formerly of the Dept. Of Foreign Affairs)
Katy Hayward (QUB)
Ben Breen (DPER, IGEES)

Thursday 10th - How can policy aid the recovery? (part 1)
Luiz de Mello (OECD)
Sharon Donnery (Deputy Governor Central Bank of Ireland)
Minister Michael McGrath TD (Fianna Fáil)
Danny McCoy (CEO, IBEC)

Friday 11th - How can policy aid the recovery? (part 2)
Philip R. Lane (Chief Economist, European Central Bank)
Frances Ruane (Chair, National Competitiveness Council)
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD (Fine Gael)

Friday 11th Is Ireland a tax haven?
Gabriel Zucman (UC Berkeley) - The Missing Profits of Nations - The Missing Profits of Nations
Aisling Donohoe (Andersen Tax) - Is Ireland a tax haven?
Seamus Coffey (UCC) - Is Ireland a Tax Haven?