News & Events

NESC publishes Secretariat Paper No.22: Community Call: Learning for the Future

26 February 2021
Topic: Social
Type: Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE ‘Community Call – public sector and community & voluntary partnership delivers results’ Community Call has been an experiment in partnership between national and local government, and the community and voluntary sector. It was set up at great speed in response to a major public health emergency. It delivered co-ordinated support to vulnerable…

NESC publishes a Conference Report Delivering a Just Transition for All: 28th EEAC Annual Conference

22 February 2021
Topic: Environment, European Union, Sustainable development
Type: Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE: February 22nd How to Deliver a Just Transition for All? Ireland is facing multiple complex and overlapping pressures and necessary transitions: addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality and the impact of digital technology. Now, Covid-19 is driving radical change in Ireland and globally. Just Transition is a powerful idea: leave nobody behind…

NESC publishes Council Report no 152: Grounding the Recovery in Sustainable Development: A Statement from the Council

18 February 2021
Topic: Environment, Sustainable development
Type: Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE February 18th 2021 NESC Urgent Climate and Biodiversity Action Can Drive Ireland’s Recovery NESC publishes Council Report no 152: Grounding the Recovery in Sustainable Development: A Statement from the Council Rising to the challenge and seeing the possibility of change, as demonstrated by our response to Covid-19, is needed to tackle the…

Secretariat Paper No 21: Shared Island Consultation: Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities

10 February 2021
Topic: Environment
Type: News

Consultation Paper on Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities. As part of the Shared Island project, a Consultation Paper on Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities was available in the first quarter of 2021. It provides an overview of the current state of knowledge and prevailing policy approaches for climate and biodiversity, in Ireland…

NESC publishes Council Report no 153: Shared Island: Projects, Progress & Policy Scoping Paper

10 February 2021
Topic: Economic, Environment
Type: Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE 17th February 2021 NESC Programme of Research on Shared Island Today, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) published a Scoping Paper: Projects, Progress and Policy setting out a proposed approach to research on the Shared Island initiative. NESC Director, Dr Larry O’Connell, said ‘we in NESC are responding to a request from…

The impacts of Covid-19 on ethnic minority and migrant groups in Ireland—new paper from NESC Secretariat

13 January 2021
Topic: Social
Type: Press Releases

The Covid-19 pandemic tends to worsen existing disadvantage experienced by migrants and ethnic minorities in Ireland. This is one of the findings in a new Secretariat Working Paper from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). While the experience of different migrant and ethnic minority groups varies, some outcomes are clear. For example, migrant…

NESC publishes Council Report no 151: The Future of the Irish Social Welfare System: Participation and Protection

18 November 2020
Topic: Social
Type: Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE 18th November 2020 The current Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on the important role of the social welfare system, especially at a time of national crisis. But, is Ireland’s social welfare system fit for purpose in the 21st century? A new report from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) addresses this…

NESC publishes Council Report no 150: Housing Policy: Actions to Deliver Change

11 November 2020
Type: Press Releases

‘Bold Action Needed to Fix Dysfunctional Housing System’ NESC publishes Council Report No. 150, Housing Policy: Actions to Deliver Change Bold action is urgently needed to fix our dysfunctional housing system and deliver more affordable homes. This is the central message in a new report from the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). That action…

28th EEAC Annual Conference ‘Delivering a Just Transition for All’

27 October 2020
Topic: European Union, Sustainable development
Type: Events

NESC hosted the 28th Annual Conference of the European network of advisory councils on environment and sustainable development (EEAC Network), of which NESC is a member. Over three days from Tuesday 27th October to Thursday 29th October, a diverse mix of experts, academics, councils and policy makers contributed to this exciting and unique event, which…

Progressing Sustainability and Grasping the Opportunity to Change, NESC Secretariat Paper

14 July 2020
Topic: Economic, Sustainable development
Type: Press Releases

Governments are increasingly recognising the environmental, social and economic opportunities to do things differently as part of recovery from Covid-19. As Ireland works to rebuild, it is important to reflect on how we can configure and align policy responses in ways that successfully drive and deliver sustainable low carbon development and practices that sustain our…