Keyword "organisation-for-economic-co-operation-and-development-oecd" - List of latest news (79 results)

22/04 No other OECD country spends a lower proportion of GDP on education than Ireland. Why?

In an uncertain world, we need to give our students the best chance of reaching their potential

17/03 Trump’s trade wars will slow growth and fuel inflation, OECD warns

Paris-based agency higher trade barriers and increased policy uncertainty will weigh on activity

21/02 If Trump messes with the Fed, a serious US economic crisis will follow

Attempts to force the Federal Reserve’s hand would likely see cost of US borrowings surge

21/02 Bond market vigilantes will not be cowed by Trump

Attempts to force the Federal Reserve’s hand would likely see cost of US borrowings surge

17/02 Three steps that could clear the housing roadblocks to boosting the supply of new homes

Residential property output is stagnating, but immediate government action on three key issues could jump-start the market

14/02 Scrapping rent controls and offering tax breaks under review, but no guarantee they will solve housing crisis

Micheál Martin looks to encourage private investors to return as housebuilding and apartment completions slow down

12/02 State’s updated housing targets not enough to address legacy of underinvestment, OECD warns

Paris-based agency says population growth, past underinvestment and constrained supply have led to affordability challenges

09/02 Plastic colonialism: ‘A stream of plastic debris, stretching miles, is heading towards us’

We may have placed it with good intention in our recycling bins, but it is choking villages, rivers and seas on the other side of the world

23/01 Trump’s policies could do serious damage to Ireland. Here’s how the new government should prepare

The new US president probably doesn’t know yet himself whether his bite will turn out to be quite as bad as his bark, but there is no doubt that barking is his forte

22/01 Ireland on alert as Trump pulls US out of global tax deal

Move sets up potential stand-off on tax between US and EU

21/01 US decision to pull out of global tax deal regretful - EU commissioner

Officials studying Trump’s decision to pull US out of deal setting minimum corporate tax rate

21/01 Ireland hopes that Trump will focus tariffs on China rather than EU

There is a lobby within Trump’s administration calling for blanket tariffs, in the hope that it would raise revenue to help cut taxes elsewhere

03/01 Jones Engineering faces OECD complaint over pay row

Unite and international union body pursue builder over court action against shop stewards

27/12 Are we becoming a post-literate society?

Technology has changed the way many of us consume information, from complex pieces of writing to short video clips

16/12 OECD urges Central Bank to add consumer representatives to advisory group

Organisation also suggests regulator assess how effective are ‘dear CEO’ letters to industry bosses

10/12 One in four adults in Ireland struggle with everyday maths such as calculating percentages

Finding comes as former taoiseach Leo Varadkar says many in politics and media do not understand numbers

09/12 Dr Ronan Glynn: We can’t build our way out of the capacity issues in the health service

We must stop viewing health as ‘a cost to be managed’ and instead understand it as ‘an investment to be made’

05/12 Political parties try to reconcile policy with promises

Incoming administration is lacking in neither cash nor advice if exchequer returns, the OECD and Ifac are to be believed

04/12 OECD warns Ireland that investment projects need to be ‘carefully sequenced’

While large investments in housing, transport and energy are needed, the Irish economy faces capacity constraints, especially in terms of labour and skills

02/12 OECD warns against too conservative pension investment strategies

Report says investing in equities improves returns even after retirement but it does come with greater risk

18/11 Falling nursing applications may make it ‘impossible’ to fill places in Ireland, warns OECD report

EU facing ‘severe’ health workforce shortage due to ageing staff and declining interest among young people in these careers

07/11 Learning outcomes slide for Irish pupils, report finds

Education levels have stagnated or slowly declined across much of the world, says Unesco

28/10 GDP is an outdated way of measuring the health of the economy – it doesn’t reflect the health of people or the planet

New approaches to economic policy are needed to address the roots of people’s disenchantment and avert ecological catastrophe.

02/10 Ireland’s tax system is most progressive of any advanced economy, report finds

Department of Finance says State’s taxation and welfare system does more to reduce income inequality than any other OECD economy

26/09 State set for equivalent of another Apple windfall in coming years

Deadline for consensus on OECD plans for taxing of multinationals has come and gone

25/09 Global economy ‘turning a corner’ as inflation fades and interest rates come down

OECD says real wage growth is supporting household incomes and spending but rising geopolitical tensions pose risk to outlook

19/09 Conference to hear calls for State-run childcare system as parents struggle to find creche places

National Women’s Council and 25 other organisations want pilot programme established

18/09 Principals condemn ‘vacuous’ OECD review which missed ‘severe deprivation’ in some schools

Department of Education’s own information repeated in report, leaders of schools in disadvantaged areas say

11/09 We should be embarrassed about the Apple ruling but not for the reasons you think

Ireland remains central to a rotten system that deprives some of the poorest countries in the world of much needed tax revenue

10/09 Teachers’ salaries have declined in real terms in recent years, OECD report finds

Ireland spends less on education per student compared to average across developed countries

08/09 Ireland’s corporate tax bubble is now a €30bn hot air balloon

Not for the first time Apple has sent Ireland’s tax figures stratospheric and the Department of Finance running for cover

27/06 Women are filling ever more jobs - and the trend looks set to grow

Female labour force participation has risen steadily from below 50% at the turn of the century to over 60% now, but remains low by international standards

21/06 State-owned VHI won’t be subject to higher 15% corporate tax rate until 2029

Insurer has five-year deferral on new corporate tax rate as it has no international activity

16/06 Despite the concentration risk, Ireland’s corporation tax windfall could grow to €30bn

Business tax receipts have tended to exceed even the most optimistic projections and there are reasons to suspect receipts will go up again, even from this high point

12/05 Three big international headwinds that could derail Ireland

Sunak’s Rwanda immigration plan, the election of Donald Trump in the US and a stagnating euro zone economy could all be big problems for us

11/04 Technology makes it easy for lawyers to work across borders: regulations should too

Technology is transnational. It is therefore disrupting traditional notions of legal jurisdiction and regulation.

11/03 Joe Biden’s plan for higher corporate tax rate could be bad news for Ireland

US president has indicated a desire to see the US minimum rate increased from 15% to 21%, as part of a revenue-raising package to soak big companies

05/02 Too soon to cry victory on inflation, OECD tells central banks

Organisation says external factors helping push inflation lower are dissipating

10/01 Republic set to be a big winner from new global minimum tax, says OECD

OECD estimates ‘investment hubs’ could see corporate tax revenues rising by up to 34%

01/01 Global minimum tax on multinationals goes live to raise up to €200bn

After years of OECD talks, ‘critical mass’ of nations to apply at least 15% rate from January

01/01 Corporate tax take likely to evolve from win-win of recent years

An increasingly mature multinational sector, our reliance on a few big companies and changes in global tax rules will all affect future tax revenues

28/12 The economy has stalled and corporation tax is wobbling but what will 2024 bring?

Biggest concern for the year ahead appears to centre on whether ECB has gone too far with rate rises and what any delayed impact might be

16/12 David McWilliams: AI will be of most benefit to educated countries like Ireland

Gutenberg’s printing press transformed the world and those who were better educated to begin with enjoyed the greatest benefits; AI’s transformative power is far greater

08/12 Top French economist Thomas Piketty accuses Ireland of ‘siphoning off’ others’ tax revenues

Remarks were made in response to new figures showing State’s unusually high level of tax revenues

06/12 Child poverty in the Republic down by almost 20% - Unicef

Top-ranking countries include Slovenia and Poland, those at the bottom include UK and France

05/12 Global education results: Irish students weather Covid, but lack of high-achievers is blot on landscape

Results from OECD-run tests are encouraging for Ireland, but Asian countries are streaking ahead in maths and science

29/11 Irish economy expected to shrink this year as weaker global demand dents exports

OECD’s latest assessment says the slowdown in global demand has triggered marked reductions in export volumes

17/11 Pensions auto-enrolment: The huge pensions shake-up that 70% of us don’t know about

First proposed in 2006, auto-enrolment of workers is slated to start in the second half of next year, after years of delays and false dawns

07/11 Ireland ranks worst for digital health policies in developed world, says report

OECD report compares key indicators for people’s health and their health systems across the 38 member countries

25/10 Occupancy rates in Irish hospitals ‘unsustainable and dangerous’, OECD economist warns

Irish health spending is high as a proportion of national income, Dr Douglas Sutherland tells conference

22/10 Eoin Burke-Kennedy: What the Irish economy needs? More working mothers

OECD statistics indicate Ireland has very low participation rates for mothers, particularly for those from a low educational background

19/10 New 15% tax rate for big multinationals forms cornerstone of Finance Bill

Companies will be liable to pay a new top-up tax from next year

16/10 US to miss deadline to avoid new digital services taxes, Yellen says

The US had won an extension of a pledge from other jurisdictions to refrain from new Digital Services Taxes that hit the revenues of big US firms

06/10 Taoiseach slams proposed EU levy on corporate profits

Leo Varadkar says corporate profits levy not in Ireland’s interest but State is committed to raise corporation tax to 15% in line with OECD initiative

03/10 Fintan O'Toole: For years Ireland has been doing something just as fiscally stupid as Brexit

Consigning children to poverty is morally and politically wrong. But it makes no fiscal sense either

24/09 Seamus Coffey: Unintended consequence of full employment is that we can’t build houses or fix health

Our history as an underperforming economy means putting the brakes on is not in our psyche. But full employment makes achieving our goals difficult

22/09 Sebastian Barnes, IFAC and unfortunate timing

Any Other Business: Also, Denis O’Brien winds down foundation, Dublin Lord Mayor hosts UPMC at Mansion House, Lorraine Higgins opens Brussels office, Kate Fullen joins Yonder and CRO uses AI to scan company documents

19/09 OECD sees slowing global economy as higher interest rates bite

Paris-based agency downgrades growth forecast for 2024, suggesting tighter financial conditions will curb demand

15/09 What is Fine Gael doing for under-35s?

Party claims without jobs it helped create, there would be ‘no opportunity’ in Ireland for people coming out of college

14/09 What is the Labour Party doing for under-35s?

Housing, equality agenda and equal pay among its top priorities

14/09 State plans to exempt foreign dividends from tax in ‘exchequer-neutral’ move

Ireland is ‘significant outlier’ on the taxation of foreign dividends. Department of Finance said

13/09 Companies will face ‘significant challenges’ complying with 15% corporate tax rate

The Republic is among 137 jurisdictions that have agreed a 15% corporate tax rate for larger multinationals

12/09 Ireland ranks last in spending on education as a percentage of GDP, study finds

Education spending as a proportion of State expenditure is above the OECD average of 10 per cent

07/09 Is Ireland’s corporation tax party over?

Smart Money: We have seen huge jumps in business tax returns since 2015, but what happens next is not entirely clear

07/09 Is the corporation tax party over?

Smart Money: We have seen huge jumps in business tax returns since 2015, but what happens next is not entirely clear

02/09 ‘Intense stress and pressure’: OECD report may provide signpost for Leaving Cert reform

Ireland has a high performing but pressurised system of exams which may be fuelling a fear of failure among some students

27/08 Ireland bullish on life science investment despite higher tax rate

IDA believes State’s still modest tax rate, political stability and skill base will attract pharma and medical companies

20/08 The UK blew it on tax cuts, Norway invested it: what will Ireland do with its tax windfall?

What the UK and Norway did with their oil and gas wealth couldn’t have been more different. Both experiences provide valuable lessons for Ireland

10/08 Is Ireland about to get into a big corporate tax row with the US?

Smart Money: Implementing an OECD plan for the future of international business taxes is proving more than complicated

05/08 Cliff Taylor: Is the Irish tech sector really facing a crisis?

If the sector treads water for a while, there will be some economic pain, but fears of a collapse are overstated

25/07 More than 6 in 10 workers say childcare is unaffordable

One partner, usually female, often gives up work to look after children because of costs

11/07 OECD says rich economies on cusp of AI ‘revolution’

Paris-based organisation calls on membership to prepare for negative side-effects from mass adoption of technology

27/06 Budget 2024: How much might you get back in tax cuts?

Indexation of tax bands is the reform most sought by tax professionals to ensure people’s standstill position does not weaken

08/06 Household savings rate falls back to pre-pandemic level

Disposable income shrank by 11% in first three months of 2023, says CSO

07/06 OECD warns Ireland about ‘partly transient’ corporate tax receipts

Paris-based agency says global economy is turning a corner but faces a long road ahead to attain strong and sustainable growth

17/05 Air travel not economic growth boosted Irish emissions late last year, Eurostat says

Agency appears to contradict the Government, which blamed multi-national presence for ‘distorting’ emissions figures

07/05 Pat Leahy: Nurses are entitled to make their case but the Government has a different job

State is unexpectedly flush with cash; it’s in the national interest to ensure this is spent wisely

06/05 Pat Leahy: Nurses are entitled to make their case but it doesn’t quite match the hard facts

State is unexpectedly flush with cash; it’s in the national interest to ensure this is spent wisely rather than used to placate vocal interest groups

05/05 Housing shortage threatening Ireland’s competitiveness, State body warns

National Competitiveness and Productivity Council says lack of homes is a major challenge to economy in immediate term