News & Events

• NESC publishes Report 138: Social Housing at the Crossroads

  • 19 June 2014
  • Type: Press Releases

   ‘Social Housing at the Crossroads’ Ambitious action is required, if Ireland is to have a more cost-effective and stable housing system. A new report from the National Economic and Social Council argues that social housing is ‘at the crossroads’, with many people on low incomes now confronting an extremely difficult housing situation. This is evident…

• NESC publishes Report 137: Jobless Households: An Exploration of the Issues

  • 19 June 2014
  • Type: Press Releases

  Ireland’s High Level of Jobless Households NESC publishes a report ‘Jobless Households: An Exploration of the Issues’ examining why Ireland has a high level of jobless households Ireland has a high level of households where no-one is working or has very limited access to work. Nearly one quarter of households in Ireland can be described…

• NESC publishes Report 136: Ireland’s Environmental Data: Inventory, Assessment and Next Steps.

  • 1 April 2014
  • Type: Press Releases

  A Probing Look at Ireland’s Environmental Data Today NESC launches an exploratory study which catalogues and discusses environmental data and indicators in Ireland– ‘Ireland’s Environmental Data: Inventory, Assessment and Next Steps’.  In publishing the research study, the Council makes a number of observations and poses questions for discussion among those interested in environmental policy and…

• NESC Publishes Council Report 135: Ireland’s Five-Part Crisis, Five Years On: Deepening Reform and Institutional Innovation

  • 11 July 2013
  • Type: Press Releases

  Dublin, Ireland Ireland’s Five Part Crisis, Five Years On Ireland needs deeper reform and further institutional innovation if progress to date is to lead to stronger economic recovery. This is a key conclusion of this NESC report on Ireland’s Five Part Crisis, Five Years On. The report identifies the need to integrate and balance three…

• NESC Publishes Council Report 134: The Social Dimensions of the Crisis: The Evidence and its Implications

  • 14 May 2013
  • Type: Press Releases

  Dublin, Ireland The Social Dimensions of the Economic Crisis The greatest social impact of the economic crisis in Ireland has been the large and sustained increase in unemployment, and in particular, an increase in the number of households where no-one has a job. This is the conclusion of a National Economic and Social Council (NESC)…

• NESC Publishes Council Report 133: Achieving Quality in Ireland’s Human Services – A Synthesis Report

  • 21 November 2012
  • Type: Press Releases

  NESC publishes eighth report in series which reviews quality in our public services Achieving Quality in Our Public Services In recent years, there has been a ‘silent revolution’ in the regulation of many of our public services, for example, through HIQA and others. ‘There is now greater attention to the quality of services, and the…

• NESC publishes Council Report 132: Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: Disability Services

  • 30 October 2012
  • Topic: Disability
  • Type: Press Releases

  NESC publishes seventh report in series which reviews quality in our public services Today NESC launches its 7th report on quality in public services, Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: Disability Services. The report reviews existing regulation and quality processes in Ireland’s disability services, drawing on interviews with a range of stakeholders. With formal regulation…

• NESC publishes Council Reports 130: Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: Home Care for Older People, and Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: End-of-Life Care in Hospitals

  • 16 October 2012
  • Type: Press Releases

  Dublin, Ireland NESC publishes the sixth and seventh of a new series of reports which review quality in our public services. Achieving quality in public services requires both a commitment to preventing harms and a search for continuous improvement. Over the last decade there has been a ‘silent revolution’ in establishing regulatory infrastructure in the…

• NESC publishes Council Report 129: Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland:The School System and NESC Secretariat Paper (02): Understanding PISA and What it tells us about Educational Standards in Ireland

  • 2 October 2012
  • Type: Press Releases

  Dublin, Ireland Achieving Quality in the School System In its report published today on Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: The School System, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) argues that while there have been many developments in schools including school evaluation, curriculum development, student welfare and teacher accreditation, there still remains…

• NESC publishes Council Report 129: Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland:The School System and NESC Secretariat Paper (02): Understanding PISA and What it tells us about Educational Standards in Ireland

  • 2 October 2012
  • Type: Press Releases

  Achieving Quality in the School System  In its report published today on Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: The School System, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) argues that while there have been many developments in schools including school evaluation, curriculum development, student welfare and teacher accreditation, there still remains some way to go…