Nice piece. It is of some comfort to note that the pain has earned us improved our relative competitiveness. It would be interesting to see a comparison of the price histories of goods and services provided by the private, public and sheltered sectors. I suspect that the adjustment has been exclusively made by the private sector and that items such as Education, Health, and Legal fees have increased in price over the period.
Keep up the good work
albert hall
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It will always be a rising Euro that will be the killer for Ireland not mater what happens to the internal costs.
Paul
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How much of that 8% in price/competitiveness can be explained by VAT – Irelands VAT in comparison to the EU average?
Johnny Waldron ,
Nice piece. It is of some comfort to note that the pain has earned us improved our relative competitiveness. It would be interesting to see a comparison of the price histories of goods and services provided by the private, public and sheltered sectors. I suspect that the adjustment has been exclusively made by the private sector and that items such as Education, Health, and Legal fees have increased in price over the period.
Keep up the good work
albert hall ,
It will always be a rising Euro that will be the killer for Ireland not mater what happens to the internal costs.
Paul ,
How much of that 8% in price/competitiveness can be explained by VAT – Irelands VAT in comparison to the EU average?