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Employment Outlook 2009 Country Notes: Ireland

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16-Sep-2009

The OECD Employment Outlook 2009 indicates that Ireland's unemployment rate is likely to rise further in coming months, and could even approach 15% by the end of 2010 if the recovery fails to gain momentum.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2009: How Does Ireland Compare

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01-Jul-2009

Total health spending accounted for 7.5% of GDP in Ireland in 2007, almost 1 ½ percentage point lower than the average of 8.9% across OECD countries.

Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for Ireland

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23-Jun-2009

Ireland’s private pension funds have been heavily hit by the financial crisis, with real losses of 37.5% in 2008... More than 30% of Ireland’s pensioners live in poverty (on international measures)...

Activation policies in Ireland (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 75, 2009)

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02-Mar-2009

Daivid Grubb, Shruti Singh and Peter Tergeist

This report examines the performance of the Public Employment Service (PES) and the effectiveness of the activation strategies in Ireland

Sickness, Disability and Work (Vol. 3): Denmark, Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands

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12-Dec-2008

This third report in the OECD series Sickness, Disability and Work looks specifically at the cases of Denmark, Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands, and highlights the roles of institutions and policies.

Sickness, Disability and Work (Vol. 3): John Martin Speech in Ireland

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21-Nov-2008

Mr John Martin's speech in Ireland for the release of the "Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers" publication

Sickness, Disability and Work (Vol. 3): Ireland Country Note

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21-Nov-2008

Ireland should turn the Training and Employment Authority FÁS into a one-stop-shop for employment programmes for people with disability and streamline its fragmented benefit system, according to a new OECD report.

OECD says governments must continue reforms of disability systems

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20-Nov-2008

OECD governments should continue reforming their sickness and disability systems and help people with health problems to retain their jobs or find new ones, according to a new OECD report.

Babies and Bosses - Key Outcomes of Ireland compared to OECD average

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21-Nov-2007

Key indicators on fertility, female and sole parent employment, childcare participation, child poverty and gender pay gap.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2006: IRELAND

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26-Jun-2006

Total health spending accounted for 7.1% of GDP in Ireland in 2004, some way below the latest available average of 8.9% across OECD countries.