Browsing by Author "Barrett, Sean D."

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    • An economic analysis of the Public Transport Regulation Act, 2009 

      Barrett, Sean D. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2011)
      This paper analyses the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009, published on September 8, 2009. The Act provides for the regulation of public bus passenger services, changes the name of the Dublin Transport Authority to ...

    • The economic evaluation of road investment in the Republic of Ireland 

      Barrett, Sean D. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1976)
      This paper addresses the question "How much money should be spent on road improvement over the next twenty years?". It examines the factors that influence the answers to the question as it applies to the national primary ...

    • Measuring poverty in ireland - an assessment of recent studies 

      Barrett, Sean D. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1989)
      The economic debate preceding the Irish Budget in 1989 was dominated by claims that one-third of the population lives in poverty. The Combat Poverty Agency (CPA)/ESRI study (September, 1988) was cited in support of the ...

    • Measuring railway productivity in Ireland: a comment 

      Barrett, Sean D. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1995)
      The McGeehan (1995) article has three sections. They deal respectively with railway labour productivity, overall railway productivity, and a methodology which is claimed to indicate that the total productivity of CIE ...

    • 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 ...