JSSISI: Symposia: Recent submissions

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    • Symposum on the Idea of a University in the 1990s : 29% increase in student demand at UCG 

      O hEocha, Colm (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1990)
      Ireland's demographic structure is such that demand for university places from 18-year-olds will continue to grow for at least a decade. In this we differ from other EC countries. CAO figures for 1990 support this ...

    • Technology foresight 

      Hardiman, T. P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1996)
      Following the investment in education OECD study in the early sixties the significance of technology to economic development became more apparent. The setting up of the National Science Council under the chairmanship of ...

    • The Tierney report - a challenge for leadership 

      Mulcahy, Noel (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1996)
      This paper is presented as a means of demonstrating that the Tierney Report, arising from the work of the Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (STIAC), has the potential to stimulate a new phase of ...

    • Symposium on EC Structural Funds 

      Barrett, Sean D. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1993)
      Ireland is the recipient of one of the largest foreign aid programmes in the world. Our net receipts from the EC between 1990 and 1992 averaged 6.7 per cent of GNP. The EC has three structural funds; the guidance section ...

    • Symposium on the report of the Commission on Social Welfare 

      Kennedy, Finola (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987)
      The Report of the Commission on Social Welfare (CSW) together with the three Background Papers comprise the first ever comprehensive review of the entire Social Welfare System.Expenditure on Social Welfare is at a record ...

    • Symposium on the report of the Commission on Social Welfare 

      Dowling, Brendan R. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987)
      The Report of the Commission on Social Welfare represents a philosophical and economic view of Irish society that since independence has failed to command more than a fraction of popular support. More important, perhaps, ...

    • Symposium on the report of the Commission on Social Welfare 

      Curry, John (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987)
      In a paper of this nature it is not possible to consider all the main issues and recommendations in the Report of the Commission on Social Welfare. Of necessity, therefore, I have to be selective in the points highlighted, ...

    • Symposium on competition policy 

      Fingleton, John (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1994)

    • Symposium on competition policy 

      O'Reilly, Myles (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1994)
      There are many parts of the Competition Act which need amending at the present time. There are difficulties with the following: 1. Mergers 2. Employment contracts 3. De-minimis provision 4. Appeal availability 5. ...

    • Symposium on economic development 

      O Nuallain, Labhras; Black, R. D. Collison; Thompson, S. F.; Nevin, Donal; O'Keefe, P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1959)
      I must, at the outset, congratulate Mr. Whitaker on succeeding, where others have failed, in arousing the authorities, both Governmental and Departmental, to the urgent necessity for a systematic programme of economic ...

    • Symposium on traffic congestion in Dublin: policy options 

      Keegan, Owen (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)
      This paper presents background information on traffic and the transportation needs of Dublin, reviews the positive developments in transportation policy in Dublin in recent years, and offers reflections on the Platform ...