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The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland holds a unique place in the study of the Irish economy and Irish society. Since its foundation in the autumn of 1847 the Society has analysed the major changes that have taken place in population, employment, legal and administrative systems and social services No other single source provides such a comprehensive picture of social change over such a long period'. - from "The Spirit of Earnest Inquiry" by Mary E. Daly, 1997
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Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry of Ireland One Hundred and Sixty-Seventh Session: 2013/2014
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Using an administrative primary care health activity indicator to address under-enumeration in the 2011 Census in Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2014)Despite the fact that the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 places a legal obligation on everyone in the Country to take part in the Census, not everyone does. This gives rise to under-enumeration, which is not unique to ... -
Extending supply side statistics for the tourism sector: A new approach based on linked-administrative data
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2014)This paper presents a new approach to measuring and understanding the activities of the tourism industries in Ireland. Using structural business statistics and administrative registers a new set of static and dynamic ... -
The economic structure of towns in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2014)In this paper we undertook an analysis of the Economic Structure of Towns in Ireland, classified by size. While economic development in Ireland is often viewed as an East-West issue, the situation is more complex. Traditionally ... -
The impact of the patent cliff on Pharma-Chem output in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2014)Ireland has a well-established specialisation in pharma-chem production, with nine of the top ten multinational corporations located in Ireland. The sector accounts for about 11 per cent of value added although due to its ... -
Dis-entangling the mortgage arrears crisis: The role of the labour market, income volatility and negative equity
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2014)Despite various efforts to address the mortgage arrears crisis, arrears remain at an elevated level. Designing policies to deal with such high levels of distress requires a deep understanding of the precise sources of the ... -
Income and income tax inequalities in Ireland – New evidence and further illustration of the progressivity of the Irish income tax system
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2014)This paper presents new estimates of income and income tax inequalities in Ireland during 2001- 2012, using publicly available (grouped) data from the Revenue Commissioners. The analysis is based on a novel estimator for ... -
Safeguarding trust in Irish Official Statistics: A code of practice for the Irish statistical system
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2014)For official statistics to be of value they must be trusted. Achieving and maintaining trust requires that statistics are produced in an objective, transparent and independent manner. In many countries codes of practice ... -
The European Statistics Code of Practice as a pillar to strengthen public trust and enhance quality in official statistics
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The Irish statistical system – Preserving trust through quality standards
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Money demand in Ireland, 1933-2012
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2014)Using annual data from several sources, we study the evolution of M1, M2, income, prices and long and short interest rates in Ireland over the period 1933-2012. We find cointegration and that prices, income and interest ... -
Planning suburbia: development density issues
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)The right of speculative developers and government officials to significantly modify the culture of its poorest and weakest citizens in order to amortise the land banks and squeeze an already overdeveloped city into its ... -
Dublin's north fringe: a new model for suburban greenfield development
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)The process described here represents a negotiated Masterplan initiated by Dublin Corporation to provide a coherent urban design and implementation framework for the development of a major new urban area on the northern ... -
Local development issues on the urban periphery: Tallaght from the bottom-up
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of aspects of urban social change by orientating the analysis around a grassroots-level focus . Specifically, bottom-up experiences of and responses to some of ... -
Participation at the periphery: community participation in reformed local government structures
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)This paper briefly examines the current local government structures in Ireland and, in particular, the role and experience of the newly established structures in Fingal County Council and Dublin Corporation. The example ... -
Transport infrastructures and sustainability of urban development
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)There is an increasing degree of concern over the continuing sprawl of low density development outwards from the Dublin Region and the leapfrogging pattern of commuter based housing development as urban centres some distance ... -
The suburbanisation of office development in Dublin and its transport implications
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)Cities exist primarily to accommodate the vast range offunctions associated with the division of labour. By and large, it is the private-sector property development sector which equips space to accommodate this multiplicity ... -
The expansion of Dublin and the policy implications of dispersal
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)While the process of economic globalisation has presented the region with significant opportunities the future and continuing economic development of the region is also threatened by global exposure of the export orientated ... -
Table of contents (Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.1 (No. 1), 2002)
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)Table of contents -
Front cover & preliminary pages (Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.1 (No. 1), 200)2
(Centre for Urban and Regional Studies. Trinity College Dublin, & the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. Bolton Street, 2002)The publication of the Journal of Irish Urban Studies marks a growing recognition of the importance of urban-related issues in Irish society. It has been establlshcd as a forum for the dissemination of researeh and the ...