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    • Industrial policy, employment policy and the non-traded sector 

      O'Rourke, Kevin (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1995)
      This paper will critically examine the assumptions on which their [Irish policy makers] policies have been based, and suggest a more constructive role for government intervention. There are three quite distinct sections. ...
    • The industrial progress of Belgium: an object lesson for Ireland 

      Dawson, Charles (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1912)
      The recent perusal of two very interesting works on the present industrial position of Belgium suggested to me to select the above subject for this paper. The works are "Land and Labour Lessons from Belgium," by Mr. ...
    • The Industrial Relations Act, 1946 

      Mortished, R. J. P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1948)
      The Industrial Relations Act, which was introduced and enacted last year with the general approval of both employers' and workers' organizations and of all parties in the Oireachtas, is not a very lengthy measure, but it ...
    • Industrial relations reform in Northern Ireland 

      Robertson, N.; Sams, K. I. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1975)
      In 1971 the Northern Ireland government set up a Review Body. The Report of the Review Body was published in April 1974. This paper contains a discussion of the circumstances leading to the publication of the Report and ...
    • Industrial relations: the contribution of the universities 

      McCarthy, Charles (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1980)
      Although I have spent most of my life in the practice, one way or the other, of industrial relations, my responsibilities now lie within a university and it seems to me that one must consider what a university can contribute ...
    • The inefficiency of the Irish tax system 

      McCarthy, E. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1984)
      Whether the tax system in Ireland is unjust or inequitable is a matter to be determined by government in the final analysis. However, I certainly do believe that the Irish tax system has many inefficient features and in ...
    • Infant mortality and the Notification of Births Acts, 1907, 1915 

      Lawson, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      This subject was referred to in a paper on "Child Life as a National Asset," read before the Society by Mr. Shannon Millin on December 17th, 1915, but as a good deal of information on the subject was forthcoming ...
    • Infant mortality in the city of Belfast 

      Deeny, James; Murdock, Eric T. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1944)
      Within recent years attention in the North has been drawn to the high mortality rate in Belfast and, as a result, considerable interest in now being shown in the matter of child health. How serious is the situation ...
    • Inflation and Monetary Policy – What Next? 

      Lydon, Reamonn (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2023)
      A combination of pandemic-related bottlenecks, strong demand and the war in Ukraine have contributed to record-high rates of inflation in the euro area and Ireland. Since the late-2022 inflation peak, headline inflation ...
    • Inflation in Ireland: theory and evidence 

      Kenny, Geoff; McGettigan, Donal (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1997)
      The purpose of this paper is to address some important questions surrounding the determinants of Irish inflation. As a backdrop, the international theoretical literature on inflation is selectively reviewed, with a view ...
    • The influence of certain factors on the physical growth and development of a group of Dublin city children 

      Kent, M. P.; Sexton, J. J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1973)
      This paper presents the results of an inquiry into the influence of a number of social factors on certain growth and development parameters, based on an investigation of 412 Dublin city children aged between four and ...
    • Innovation policy in Ireland: economic ideas and institutional diversity 

      Kane, Aidan (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1999)
      For academic economists, the questions `what are the sources of technological progress?? and `to what extent can policy assist innovation?? appear now to be increasingly almost co-extensive with the central question of ...
    • An inquiry as to the policy of limited liability in partnerships 

      Colles, Henry (Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1852)
      In obedience to the request with which you have honored me, that I should "enquire and report on the laws of foreign countries with respect to partnerships of limited liability, and on the policy of allowing the general ...
    • An inquiry as to the policy of limited liability in partnerships 

      Colles, Henry (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1852)
      In obedience to the request with which you have honored me, that I should "enquire and report on the laws of foreign countries with respect to partnerships of limited liability, and on the policy of allowing the general ...
    • An inquiry into taxes on law proceedings in Ireland 

      O'Hagan, John; Jackson, Arthur S. (Dublin Statistical Society, 1852)
      Essentially just, as well as imperative, as is the present demand for a searching and extensive reform in our methods of judicial procedure, it is unquestionably attended with the same danger which always accompanies ...
    • An inquiry into taxes on law proceedings in Ireland 

      O'Hagan, John; Jackson, Arthur S. (Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1852)
      That the machinery of our present superior courts is too cumbrous, dilatory and expensive, is unquestionably true; it is true also, that an endeavour should be made to have the administration of justice effected with ...
    • An inquiry into the declining labour share of national income and the consequences for economies and societies 

      Sweeney, Paul (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2013)
      For over three decades, the share of national income going to labour in most countries has been in decline. Conversely, capital?s share of national income has increased. The trend in the decline in labour?s share of income ...
    • An inquiry into the foreign systems of registering dealings with land by means of maps and indexes 

      Mayne, Edward Graves (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1852)
      In pursuance of your reference to me, to inquire into "The system of registration of dealings with land, adopted in the United States of America, and on the Continent of Europe, with a view to ascertain the most convenient ...
    • An inquiry into the foreign systems of registering dealings with land by means of maps and indexes 

      Mayne, Edward Graves (Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1852)
      The objects of registration are stated by Lord Langdale's Commission to be, "to provide for a purchaser a ready mode of assuring himself, that no document is in existence which can defeat or alter the title offered to ...
    • An inquiry into the progress and condition of mechanics' and literary institutions, part II 

      Leslie, T.E. Cliffe (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1852)
      The former paper advocated the establishment of Institutions of a class which does not exist; the present treats of a class which not only exists, but is a very remarkable feature of the age. The facts connected with ...