Nuacht & Imeachtaí

• NESC publishes Council Report no 153: Shared Island: Projects, Progress & Policy Scoping Paper

  • 10 February 2021
  • Topic: , Environment

  MEDIA RELEASE 17th February 2021 NESC Programme of Research on Shared Island Today, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) published a Scoping Paper: Projects, Progress and Policy setting out a proposed approach to research on the Shared Island initiative. NESC Director, Dr Larry O’Connell, said ‘we in NESC are responding to a request from…

• The impacts of Covid-19 on ethnic minority and migrant groups in Ireland—new paper from NESC Secretariat

  • 13 January 2021

    The Covid-19 pandemic tends to worsen existing disadvantage experienced by migrants and ethnic minorities in Ireland.   This is one of the findings in a new Secretariat Working Paper from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). While the experience of different migrant and ethnic minority groups varies, some outcomes are clear. For example, migrant…

• NESC publishes Council Report no 151: The Future of the Irish Social Welfare System: Participation and Protection

  • 18 November 2020

  MEDIA RELEASE 18th November 2020 The current Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on the important role of the social welfare system, especially at a time of national crisis.  But, is Ireland’s social welfare system fit for purpose in the 21st century?  A new report from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) addresses this…

• NESC publishes Council Report no 150: Housing Policy: Actions to Deliver Change

  • 11 November 2020

  ‘Bold Action Needed to Fix Dysfunctional Housing System’ NESC publishes Council Report No. 150, Housing Policy: Actions to Deliver Change Bold action is urgently needed to fix our dysfunctional housing system and deliver more affordable homes. This is the central message in a new report from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC).  That action…

• 28th EEAC Annual Conference ‘Delivering a Just Transition for All’

  • 27 October 2020
  • Topic: , Sustainable development

  NESC hosted the 28th Annual Conference of the European network of advisory councils on environment and sustainable development (EEAC Network), of which NESC is a member. Over three days from Tuesday 27th October to Thursday 29th October, a diverse mix of experts, academics, councils and policy makers contributed to this exciting and unique event, which…

• Progressing Sustainability and Grasping the Opportunity to Change, NESC Secretariat Paper

  • 14 July 2020
  • Topic: , Sustainable development

  Governments are increasingly recognising the environmental, social and economic opportunities to do things differently as part of recovery from Covid-19. As Ireland works to rebuild, it is important to reflect on how we can configure and align policy responses in ways that successfully drive and deliver sustainable low carbon development and practices that sustain our…

• Pandemic provides glimpse of new possibilities for Ireland’s housing system—new paper from NESC Secretariat

  • 26 June 2020

    The Covid-19 pandemic and the response to it has helped reveal valuable lessons for policy-makers about Ireland’s housing system.  A new paper from the NESC Secretariat, The Implications of Covid-19 for Housing in Ireland, argues that it has brought insights about what has been done well, some important lessons and provided food for thought…

• Covid-19 has made good jobs ‘better’ and poor jobs ‘worse’—new paper from NESC Secretariat

  • 10 June 2020

    The Covid-19 crisis is challenging us to re-think how work is valued.  A new paper from the NESC Secretariat, How We Value Work:  The Impact of Covid-19, argues that the Covid-19 pandemic has made good jobs better and more valuable to the worker; and made poor jobs worse, yet more valuable to society. ‘The…

• NESC publishes Research Series paper No.16 Modelling the Zero-Carbon Transition: International Approaches and Lessons for Ireland

  • 25 May 2020
  • Topic: , Employment, Environment, Sustainable development

  The Government’s Climate Action Plan and Future Jobs Ireland 2019 included a request for NESC’s advice on how to manage the transition associated with climate change and digital automation. Specifically, how to minimise the impact on any vulnerable workers and sectors, and how to seize opportunities. Government policy is intended to lead the low-carbon transition,…

• President Higgins welcomes NESC’s ‘seminal document on the economy, society and a just transition’

  • 15 May 2020
  • Topic: , Employment

    In an article written for the Sunday Business Post, April 26th, President Higgins welcomed NESC report No.149, Addressing Employment Vulnerability as Part of a Just Transition in Ireland, read A Uachtarian’s full speech here on president.ie.