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    • The foundations of colonial self-government 

      O'Connell, John Robert (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1917)
      The assembling of representatives of the self-governing Dominions and of India for the Second Imperial Conference, which is now taking place in London, has suggested to me the propriety of inviting the attention of this ...
    • The Free State currency problem 

      Colbert, John P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1932)
      There are three separate issues involved. The first is as to the form in which the assets backing the note issue are held. The second is as between a Central Bank and a purely note-issuing body such as the Currency Commission. ...
    • Free trade and Irish manufactures 

      Cherry, Richard R. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1883)
      The movement which is at present on foot for the encouragement of native manufacturing industry in Ireland has been condemned by many economists as opposed to what are called free trade principles. It has been said that ...
    • Free trade and protection with reference to Ireland 

      Coffey, George (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1886)
      Some recent conversations on Free Trade and Protection with reference to Ireland, have suggested to me to bring before our Society the following short consideration of the subject. Within the next few years the question ...
    • Free-trade resolutions of the Council-General of the Herault. 

      Dublin Statistical Society (Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)
      Last session the French government presented to the Legislative Body a bill for abolishing the prohibitions against importation which abound in the tariff, and replacing them by duties which, though high, are not ...
    • Free-trade: abolition of customs and excise duties; and a sketch of a simpler and better mode of raising a Revenue 

      Haughton, James (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1864)
      Among those many useful topics to which I have alluded, the discussion of Free-trade, and its partial adoption by us, and other nations, has been attended with many beneficial results. It is my main object in this paper ...
    • From data to policy analysis: Tax-benefit modelling using SILC 2008 

      Callan, Tim; Keane, Claire; Walsh, John R.; Lane, Marguerita (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)
      Tax-benefit models are used to explore alternative policy reforms, providing evidence which can guide policy choices. A database representing the national situation in terms of the income tax base and beneficiaries of ...
    • Front cover & preliminary pages (Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol.1 (No. 1), 200)2 

      Unknown author (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 ...
    • Full employment output in Ireland 

      Slattery, D. G. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1978)
      This paper is intended as the third in a series dealing with full employment in Ireland. The first (Slattery (1976)) was concerned with determination of a pressure of labour demand which could be regarded as consistent ...
    • The function of marketing research in the distributive system 

      Holmes, Denis (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1948)
      Marketing research may be said to perform the same function in the economic system as the reconnaissance patrol performs in military manoeuvres. Its main purpose is to discover, as far in advance as possible, what are the ...
    • The functions of grand juries in criminal cases 

      Monahan, James H. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1865)
      The various branches of our criminal procedure are necessarily closely interwoven. The necessity or the usefulness of a particular step in the complex process by which criminals are brought to justice, is often dependent ...
    • The Funding of the Irish Domestic Banking System During the Boom? 

      Lane, Philip R. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Statistical Society of Ireland, 2015)
      This paper analyses the funding of the Irish domestic banking system during the boom period. We highlight: the shifting roles of deposit and bond funding; the prominence of foreign banks as funding counterparties; the role ...
    • Further extension of free trade and direct taxation 

      Haughton, James (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1869)
      At the period I refer to, some fourteen hundred articles of commerce were subjected to duties on entering the ports of Great Britain and Ireland. And now that experience, coming to the aid of sound reasoning, has proved ...
    • Further information as to the proposal to extend the Scotch law as to improvements in town holdings, to Ireland 

      SSISI (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1876)
      The want of this reform in small towns as well as large is shown by a case which happened at the Home Circuit at the Spring Assizes of the present year, 1876. The case related to the Borough of Portarlington, where the ...
    • The fusion of the two branches of the legal profession 

      Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1892)
      I have gone into the history of the question at some length in order to show that the proposition advanced by Mr. Murphy, namely, that it scarcely needs proof that the distinction between the two branches of the legal ...
    • The Future is Now: The Science-Policy Interface for Achieving Sustainable Development 

      Bonini, Astra (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)
      Strengthening the Science Policy Interface, at all levels of governance, is a key means of implementation the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This short paper addresses our most recent and important reports ...
    • Future Life Expectancies in Ireland 

      Naqvi, Rabia; Whelan, Shane (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)
      Mortality forecasts for the Irish population are published following each census by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) as part of their labour force and population projections. The projections rely on identifying and ...
    • The future of American agricultural competition 

      Bailey, William F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1883)
      In this paper I shall endeavour to bring before the members of the Statistical Society some figures, which seem to me to throw considerable light on the vexed question of the extent to which farming in the United Kingdom ...
    • The future population of Saorstat Eireann and some observations on population statistics 

      Geary, R. C. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1936)
      While the principal object of this paper is to place on record the results of a couple of experiments in forecasting population, certain extended digressions have been made into the past (sometimes the distant past) not ...
    • Future possibilities of Irish agriculture 

      Kennedy, Henry (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1938)
      In a country lacking any considerable resources of raw material, with but a limited export trade in industrial products, but having a fertile soil and favourable climate, it is to increased production on the land that ...