http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4759 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:34:36 GMT 2013-05-20T09:34:36Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6400 Title: Local government in Northern Ireland: areas, functions and finance Author: Lawrence, R. J. Abstract: The main objects of this paper are to show that local government in Northern Ireland needs to be reorganised, and to suggest some possible reforms. I begin by noting the chief landmarks in the evolution of Irish local government, and I then summarise salient changes since Northern Ireland was established. Against this background we shall, I think, be able to form a judgment about the sort of reforms that are desirable and practicable. Description: Read before the Society, 17 January 1966 Sat, 01 Jan 1966 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6400 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6399 Title: State enterprise and economic planning in the Irish Republic Author: Bristow, J. A. Abstract: The establishment of public enterprise in the Republic owes little to ideology, except perhaps before the war when the ideal of national selfsufficiency played some part in the decision to set up such bodies as the Irish Sugar Company In the main, state enterprise has resulted from ad hoc attempts to fill gaps left by private investment, or to resuscitate or reorganise industries which were ineffective but regarded as essential. Description: Read before the Society, 29 March 1965 Fri, 01 Jan 1965 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6399 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6359 Title: The aged in three western societies Author: Friis, Henning Abstract: 'A comparative social survey on living conditions and behaviour of the aged in Denmark, Great Britain and U.S.A.'- subtitle. Through the last fifteen years important new territory has been conquered in social gerontology in most of the countries of the Western world. Social gerontology is, however, still at an early stage of development. Most countries lack basic facts on many aspects of the life of elderly people, and theoretical generalizations regarding the social factors in the aging process are only beginning to be established. The result is that a number of untested stereotypes and myths have grown up round the elderly in Western countries. Description: Read before the Society, 12th January 1966. Sat, 01 Jan 1966 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6359 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6162 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and seventeenth session -1963/64 Author: SSISI Wed, 01 Jan 1964 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6162 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6080 Title: An econometric method of forecasting the demand for food in Ireland in 1970 Author: Hart, Julian Abstract: In the present decade, there are two major factors that can be expected to affect the demand for food in Ireland; the first is the country's becoming part of the European Economic Community, the second is the attainment of the target rate of economic growth aimed at in the official Second Programme for Economic Expansion. When the first of these events comes to pass, Irish consumers will be confronted by a completely new series of retail prices for food, and how they are likely to respond to these prices is the main question that the present paper attempts to answer. In addition, the demand for food on the home market can be expected to depend on the future level of (a) income, (b) population, and the combined effects of these variables on demand is the second question dealt with in the paper. Description: Read before the Society, 20 May 1966 Sat, 01 Jan 1966 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6080 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6037 Title: The economics of Irish forestry Author: Gray, H. J. Abstract: In reviewing the development of State Forestry in Ireland with particular regard to its economic implications, I propose to deal successively with three main periods of development—-1908-1922 and 1922-1958—which between them constitute the first half-century of State forest development and, finally, the period from 1958 onwards. Description: Read before the Society, 20 December 1963 Wed, 01 Jan 1964 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6037 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6017 Title: An examination of the Northern Irish sea fishing industry Author: Hughes, P. H. Abstract: The Northern Irish sea fishing industry is of the in-shore type, the boats seldom being absent from port for more than eighteen or twenty hours at a time. By almost any standard these boats are up to date and well equipped. I have heard the fleet described by men of experience as the most modern in the United Kingdom. This might be; however, ultimately the success of the fishing must depend on its strength and success as a marketing unit and it will be necessary to look at the fleet both as a catching unit and as a marketing unit, as being equally concerned with demand as it is with supply. Description: Read before the Society, 6 May 1968. Mon, 01 Jan 1968 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6017 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5963 Title: Problems of industrialisation in developing countries Author: Leser, C. E. V. Abstract: For a country like Ireland, it seems reasonable to surmise that its economy has some features in common with industralising countries in other continents rather than with the industrially most advanced European countries. It therefore seems pertinent to ask where the country stands in relation to others as regards the level of economic development. There are obvious difficulties in attempting to measure something that is really very complex by a single indicator; nevertheless this must be attempted. Description: Read before the Society, 10 November 1967 Mon, 01 Jan 1968 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5963 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5942 Title: Manpower policy Author: Agnew, John A. Abstract: There are a number of special features affecting the development of manpower policy in Ireland. The main ones are the levels of unemployment, underemployment and emigration and the ratio of dependents to workers. The primary task in this country is the creation of more jobs to reduce unemployment and to stem emigration. Description: Read before the Society, 8 December 1967 Mon, 01 Jan 1968 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5942 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5939 Title: Collective bargaining and industrial disputes in Ireland Author: McAuley, D. J. Abstract: This paper falls into three main sections. The first section contains a general description of the legislative and institutional framework of the industrial relations system. The second section concerns collective bargaining between employers and trade unions, conciliation procedures and the incidence of industrial conflict in recent years. In the final section a number of different aspects of industrial relations are discussed including wage bargaining techniques, incomes policy and dispute situations which can be related to the existing institutional arrangements. Where appropriate references are made to practices and procedures in industrial relations in other countries. Description: Read before the Society, 14 April 1967 Sun, 01 Jan 1967 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5939 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z