The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) was established in 1973 and advises the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) on strategic policy issues relating to sustainable economic, social and environmental development in Ireland.

NESC has a history of producing reports with strategic, long-term analyses of key economic and social development issues affecting Ireland.

In January 2012, the sustainable development role performed by Comhár, the Sustainable Development Council (SDC), was integrated into the work of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). NESC has since developed its work in a way that integrates sustainable development issues into its analysis of significant national challenges.

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Recent Submissions

  • Natural Capital Accounting: A Guide for Action 

    Moore, Jeanne (National Economic and Social Council, ireland, 2024-01-18)
    Council report (National Economic and Social Council), No.164, January 2024
  • Is Ireland Thriving? Answers from International Assessments 

    Cahill, Noel; FitzGerald, Cathal (National Economic and Social Council, ireland, 2023-10-02)
    Secretariat paper (National Economic and Social Council), No.32, September 2023
    The theme of NESC’s 50th anniversary NESC@50 programme of research and events is A Thriving Ireland: Inclusive, Protective, and Forward Looking. This Secretariat Report examines the extent to which Ireland can be described ...
  • Inequality and Well-Being Frameworks 

    McGauran, Anne-Marie (National Economic and Social Council, ireland, 2023-07-26)
    Council report (National Economic and Social Council), No.163, July 2023
  • Just Transition in Agriculture and Land Use 

    Garvey, Niamh (National Economic and Social Council, ireland, 2023-07-11)
    Council report (National Economic and Social Council), No.162, June 2023
  • Social Enterprise on the Island of Ireland 

    Johnston, Helen (National Economic and Social Council, ireland, 2023-05-30)
    Council report (National Economic and Social Council), No.161, May 2023
    This report provides an overview of the state of social enterprise internationally, in Ireland, in Northern Ireland, and on a shared island basis. A social enterprise is an enterprise whose objective is to achieve a ...

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