Opening Address Brendan Whelan In Search of an Appropriate European Fiscal Framework Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak Relative Income Poverty: Learning from the Best-Performing Countries Tim Callan and Brian Nolan Ireland's Health Care System: Some Issues and Challenges Anne Nolan and...

Contents Foreword - Frances Ruane Chapter 1: Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, David Miles Chapter 2: The Stability and Growth Pact: A Fiscal Framework Whose Time Has Come?, Jim O'Leary Chapter 3: Fiscal Policy: Some Lessons from Crises of the Past, Joe Durkan Chapter 4: Restructuring...

Forecasting the Public Finances and the Macroeconomic Context for Budget 2003: by Adele Bergin, David Duffy, John Eakins & Daniel McCoy This first paper outlines the macroeconomic context in which the Budget is set and attempts to discern the appropriate fiscal stance for 2003. The authors see...

Although relative income poverty rates vary from year to year, the rankings of different industrialised countries according to these poverty measures tend to be rather stable. Ireland is consistently among a group of countries with relative income poverty rates considerably above the European...

The adoption of a "rights-based approach" in legislation has come to constitute a core element being sought by groups representing people with disabilities and those working with them. This study seeks to contribute to this on-going debate by clarifying some key issues and informing the Irish...