Browsing ESRI Research Bulletins by Subject "Social Policy"

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    • The Changing Workplace 

      WATSON, DOROTHY; O'CONNELL, PHILIP; RUSSELL, HELEN (ESRI, 2011)
      How are Irish workplaces changing? Recent reports give a detailed picture, based on two nationally representative surveys ? one of employers and another of employees ? carried out in 2009. These surveys replicate many ...

    • The Impact of Social Partnership on Ireland's Competitiveness 

      KELLY, ELISH MARY; MC GUINNESS, SEAMUS; O'CONNELL, PHILIP (ESRI, 2010)
      Social partnership has been a central facet of Irish society since 1987. In order to support economic growth, a principal objective of the partnership process has been to achieve moderate increases in wages in exchange for ...

    • Providing Quality Pharmacy Services: Good Intentions Are Not Enough 

      GORECKI, PAUL (ESRI, 2010)
      Elected representatives, like consumers, want reliable good quality medical services. Pharmacy services are no exception. Providing sound advice on which drug to take for a minor ailment, or the common side effects of a ...

    • Public and Private Utilisation of In-Patient Beds in Irish Acute Public Hospitals 

      O'REILLY, JACQUELINE; WILEY, MIRIAM (ESRI, 2011)
      Health care systems in many developed countries have services financed and provided by both public and private sectors. In Ireland, though, the public/private mix is atypical: a private patient can be treated in an acute ...