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2022 MHOB Prize Winner
The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to announce the winner of the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2022, The Commission on Taxation and Welfare for their work on The Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare 2022. The award was presented by Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, Niall Cody.
2022 Winner
- The Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare – Members and Secretariat
2022 Finalists
- De-risking the Public Finances – Assessing Corporation Tax Receipts, David Hughes, Ian Power, Department of Finance
- Economic Letter: Household Characteristics, Irish Inflation and the Cost of Living, Reamonn Lydon, Central Bank
- Home Support Services in Ireland: Exchequer and Distributional Impacts of Funding Options, Claire Keane, Sean Lyons, Mark Regan, Brendan Walsh, ESRI
- One Island, Two Labour Markets, John Fitzgerald, Trinity College Dublin
- Some Missing Links in Ireland’s Initial National Well-Being Framework, Luke McGrath, Western Development Commission
- Submission to the Commission on Taxation and Welfare, Social Justice Ireland
- More Fiscal Devolution for Northern Ireland?, Independent Fiscal Commission for Northern Ireland
- The Hot Mess Series on RTÉ radio, Philip Boucher-Hayes, RTE Radio
- Universal Primary Care in Ireland: Cost and Workforce Implications, Sheelah Connolly, Abian Garcia Rodriguez, Conor Keegan, Maev-Ann Wren, ESRI
2022 MHOB Prize Finalists
The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to share the list of finalists for the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2022.
- De-risking the Public Finances – Assessing Corporation Tax Receipts, David Hughes, Ian Power, Department of Finance
- Economic Letter: Household Characteristics, Irish Inflation and the Cost of Living, Reamonn Lydon, Central Bank
- Home Support Services in Ireland: Exchequer and Distributional Impacts of Funding Options, Claire Keane, Sean Lyons, Mark Regan, Brendan Walsh, ESRI
- One Island, Two Labour Markets, John Fitzgerald, Trinity College Dublin
- Some Missing Links in Ireland’s Initial National Well-Being Framework, Luke McGrath, Western Development Commission
- Submission to the Commission on Taxation and Welfare, Social Justice Ireland
- The Commission on Taxation and Welfare, Members and Secretariat, The 2022 Commission on Taxation and Welfare
- More Fiscal Devolution for Northern Ireland?, Independent Fiscal Commission for Northern Ireland
- The Hot Mess Series on RTÉ radio, Philip Boucher-Hayes, RTE Radio
- Universal Primary Care in Ireland: Cost and Workforce Implications, Sheelah Connolly, Abian Garcia Rodriguez, Conor Keegan, Maev-Ann Wren, ESRI
The awards ceremony to recognise and congratulate the finalists will take place Thursday 14 September 2023 at 8-10am at the Irish Tax Institute. The Foundation will of course also be awarding the prize to the overall winner.
The Foundation hopes to see many friends, colleagues and members of the community at the awards ceremony. To register to attend, please click the button below.
Last Event
Miriam Hederman O’Brien Award Ceremony
Thursday 16 February, @ 8:30am – 10:00am
The Foundation for Fiscal Studies hosted an award ceremony to announce the winner of the 2021 Miriam Hederman O’Brien prize recognising outstanding original work on policy issues of significance. We were delighted to be joined by Minister of State, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.
There were 11 papers nominated for the 2021 prize:
- Healthcare Capital Investment in Ireland Spending Review 2021 – Mark Hennessy, Conan Shine, Evan Walker
- The SAFE-PSC-MyGovID Framework for Public Service Identity Management – Ciaran Judge, Ita McGennis
- Submission to the Commission on Taxation and Welfare on Introducing Site Value Tax – Eoin Flaherty
- A Review of 15 Years of Corporation Tax Returns 2004 to 2018 – Jean Acheson, Donough Lawlor
- Impact of Demographic Change on Health Expenditure – Clara Lindberg, Tiago McCarthy
- Challenges and Strategies for Reforming Publicly Funded Pension Systems – Joseph Killilea, Stephen Owens
- The Impacts of Aviation Taxation in Ireland – Kelly De Bruin, Aykut Mert Yakut
- Options for Raising Tax Revenue in Ireland – Theano Kakoulidou, Barra Roantree
- An Analysis of the Distribution of Enterprise Supports – Adrian Hurley
- Income Inequalities in Ireland and Poland: The Role of Taxes and Social Transfers – Joanna Muszynska, Malgorzata Sczcepaniak, Ewa Wedrowska
- COVID-19 Impact on Irish Labour Supply and Demand – Mike Fahy, Patrick O’Brien
The event took place on Thursday 16 February from 8:30am to 10:00am at the Irish Tax Institute (eircode D02 H927).
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Miriam Hederman O’Brien Winner 2022
The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to announce the winner of the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2022, The Commission on Taxation and Welfare for their work on The Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare 2022. The award was presented by Chairman
Finalists Announced – Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2022
The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to share the list of finalists for the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2022. De-risking the Public Finances - Assessing Corporation Tax Receipts, David Hughes, Ian Power, Department of Finance Economic Letter: Household Characteristics, Irish Inflation
Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2021 Winners
The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to announce the joint winners of the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2021, Ciaran Judge and Ita McGennis for their paper on The SAFE-PSC-MyGovID Framework for Public Service Identity Management, and Clara Lindberg and
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