http://hdl.handle.net/2262/9201 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:29 GMT 2013-05-19T00:30:29Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5713 Title: The development of local government in Ireland Author: Horgan, John J. Abstract: Although I am only a new recruit to the ranks of this Society I have noticed that your proceedings are, as a rule, more concerned with the first rather than the second object of your title. I propose this evening to make some attempt to redress the balance in a paper which deals with an important social problem without reference to statistics. It may, I think, be said without exaggeration that national government is, in the last analysis, based on a sound system of local government. In this field we in Ireland have, since the establishment of the Irish State, made several fruitful experiments, and further developments may be expected as we mature politically. I propose in this paper to discuss the scope and effect of these changes and their future development. Description: Read on Thursday, 1st March, 1945 Mon, 31 Dec 1945 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5713 1945-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5708 Title: Discussions on papers read during the 97th session 1943/1944 Author: SSISI Abstract: On account of the paper shortage it was not found possible to print summaries of discussions on papers read during the 1943-44 Session. These are printed in the present supplement, the pagination of which continues from that of the Journal for the 97th Session (1943-44) and thus it constitutes a part of Vol. XVII. Matter printed is based, as is customary, on resumes kindly furnished by members and visitors of their contributions to the debates. Fri, 31 Dec 1943 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5708 1943-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5702 Title: Obituary: George E. Shanahan, Robert J. Rowlette Author: SSISI Fri, 31 Dec 1943 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5702 1943-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5699 Title: "The universities." II - The University of Dublin: Trinity College Author: Meenan, James Abstract: The University of Dublin, or Trinity College - by whichever name we may decide to call it - is the third University in these islands and, of course, by far the most ancient in this country. There have been so many changes in Ireland in the last forty years that some of the evidence given to the University commissions of 1901 and 1906 reads oddly now. Trinity, however, remains as the oldest and most famous of Irish universities and it still enjoys the unquestioned support of an important group in the community. We have therefore to examine its development in a time of extreme difficulty and uncertainty. Description: Read before the Society, May 30th, 1946 Wed, 01 Jan 1947 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5699 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5698 Title: "The universities". I - University College, Dublin Author: Meenan, James Abstract: University education has ceased to excite more than passing interest since the Irish Universities Act of 1908. The University of Dublin, indeed, has been examined by a Royal Commission since that date; but there has been no inquiry into the developments in University education as a whole or into the degree to which the arrangements made in 1908 have justified the hopes reposed in them. The present paper, it is hoped, will be the first of a series in which the progress of the five University institutions will be examined. Description: Read Thursday, May 31st, 1945 Mon, 31 Dec 1945 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5698 1945-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5682 Title: Some observations on births in Dublin in the years 1941 and 1942 Author: Lyon, Stanley Abstract: The population problem is a subject which may be beyond my capacity to deal with in any authoritative manner but on account of its very importance the paper presented to the Society this evening may provoke serious attention from others more qualified than I am to interpret the significance of the figures and to suggest solutions to the problem as it affects this country. Much could be written in support of the importance of this question from published statements in recent years in different countries. In our own Census of Population Reports it is stated that we are a country of late marriages but high fertility, notwithstanding which we are fast becoming a country of elderly people. The statistics of the age structure of the Population in 1936 particularly at the younger ages as compared with 10 years earlier attracted much attention. Similar figures for ages and conjugal condition are being compiled for 1941 from the Register of Population but the results for the whole country will not be available for some time yet. Description: Read on Thursday, 6 th May, 1943 Thu, 31 Dec 1942 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5682 1942-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5681 Title: A short review of the general financial principles and methods of Irish and British social insurance schemes Author: Honohan, W. A. Abstract: The social insurance schemes at present in operation are those relating to health, unemployment and pensions. These schemes are distinguishable from other social schemes by the fact that direct contributions are taken from the persons included. These contributions are pre-determined and do not necessarily bear any direct relation to current expenditure. The benefits are often either contingent or deferred, and the incidence of risk varies with age or otherwise. Such schemes involve problems of funding and of the equitable treatment of different generations of insured persons. I propose to deal with the three schemes separately. Description: Read March 5th 1943 Thu, 31 Dec 1942 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5681 1942-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5680 Title: Irish tuberculosis death rates: a statistical study of their reliability, with some socio-economic correlations Author: Counihan, J.E.; Dillon, T.W.T. Abstract: In an important paper which was published in the Journal of this Society for 1930, Geary surveyed Irish tuberculosis statistics. This communication has as its first aim to analyse along similar lines the figures of the decade 1926-36. Various points which emerged during the discussion on his paper will be examined in some detail, and in particular the validity of Irish tuberculosis statistics is submitted to a close scrutiny. Description: Read on Friday, 29th October, 1943 Fri, 31 Dec 1943 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5680 1943-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5679 Title: Discussion on the problem of full employment Author: Lynch, Patrick; Whitaker, T. K. Abstract: I feel very uneasy in opening a debate on a subject like this, a subject on which so much has been spoken and written by experts. It is impossible to discuss the subject without expressing views influenced in large part by the Report of Sir William Beveridge and the British White Paper on Employment Policy. There is no necessity for summarising the general conclusions of these documents, but I do think that we should see how far the principles illustrated in them are applicable to Irish conditions. Description: On Friday, 27th April, 1945 Mon, 31 Dec 1945 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5679 1945-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5678 Title: Irish Social Services: a Symposium - Addendum to the Symposium Author: Mortished, R. J. P. Abstract: So much excitement has been worked up over the Beveridge Report in Great Britain that we here may tend to exaggerate its importance. In the first place, even if the Report were applied in full (which is by no means the intention of the present British Government), it would not bring about the social revolution. Its proposals are of two kinds: (1) Simplification and unification of existing social insurance schemes —an administrative "streamlining"; and (2) an extension of the scope of social insurance, a removal of some but not all anomalies, and an adjustment of contributions and benefits. The plan entails an appreciable redistribution of income; but it does not entail any change in the ownership of property or in the organisation of the national economy. In the second place, the Report was written in and for another country; its proposals are obviously designed to meet the needs of a highly industrialised and urbanised country the great majority of the people of which depend for their livelihood on wages or salaries. The presumption is therefore that they will not suit us rather than that they will do so. Description: Read March 5th 1943 Thu, 31 Dec 1942 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5678 1942-12-31T23:00:00Z