Conference 2016
Slides available below; click on the presenter's name
Social Policy in Recession and Recovery -
in association with the Social Research Association (SRA).
Friday, 1st July 2016. Carmelite Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin 2.
09:30 – 10:30 Plenary Session
Plenary Speakers:
Department of Sociology, Maynooth University
School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin
11:00 – 12:20 Parallel sessions 1-4
Session 1: Housing I (Room 1)
| Session Chair: | Michelle Norris (UCD) | ||
| PJ Drudy (TCD) | The Housing Problem and the Case for Rent Regulation in the Private Rented Sector | ||
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Jenny Andersson (All Hallows/Threshold) |
Rent regulation - Could it be a part of a long term solution? | ||
| Daragh McCarthy (Housing Agency) | Measuring housing cost affordability - implications for hosueholds and public policy. | ||
Session 2: Health I: Access & Taxes (Room 2)
Session organised with the Social Research Association (SRA)
| Session Chair: | Naomi Feely (SRA) | ||
| Stephen Thomas (TCD) et al |
Equity of Resource Allocation in Urgent and Emergency Care Systems in Ireland |
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| Reducing obesity and future health costs - a proposal for health-related taxes | |||
| Noelle Cotter (SRA and IPHI) | Sugar sweetened Drink TaxesL A targeted measure or a policy scapegoat? | ||
Session 3: Low Pay & Precarious Work (Room 3)
| Session Chair: | Ann Stokes (ISPA) | ||
| Micheál Collins (NERI) | Women and Low Pay: an empirical assessment | ||
| Alicja Bobek & James Wickham (TASC) | Irish Hospitality Sector: Low Pay and Flexible Work | ||
| Niamh Holton (NERI) | Modelling the impact of an increase in Low Pay in the Republic of Ireland | ||
Session 4: One-Parent Families (Room 4)
| Session Chair: | David Begg (TASC) | ||
| Amy Greer Murphy (Durham University) | Whose recovery: austerity, lone mothers and social protection | ||
| Impact of the reforms to the One Parent Family Payment: Stories from Parents | |||
| Louise Bayliss (SPARK) | Child maintenance - a key to reducing poverty among lone parent families? | ||
13:00 – 14:20 Parallel sessions 5-8
Session 5: Housing II (Room 1)
| Session Chair: | Nat O’Connor (Ulster University / ISPA) | ||
| Rory Hearne (TASC) | Deepening housing crisis in Ireland: analysis of causes and solutions | ||
| Mortgage Arrears in Co. Mayo: A spatial dimension to a national problem? | |||
| Housing and Homelessness among Older People: planning for the accommodation needs of our ageing population | |||
Session 6: Health II (Room 2)
| Session Chair: | Tom McDonnell (NERI) | ||
| Health Care for all in Ireland? The Consequences of Politics for Health Policy. | |||
| Is obesity suffering from ‘inequality syndrome’ in Irish policy? | |||
| Implementation of Integrated Care Policy: A Comparative Study | |||
| The Impact of austerity on the health workforce and the achievement of human resources for health (HRH) policies in Ireland (2008-2014) | |||
Session 7:Poverty and Income Adequacy (Room 3)
Session organised with the Association of Community Welfare Officers (ACWO)
| Session Chair: | Padraig Rehill (ACWO / ISPA) | ||
| Dorothy Watson (ESRI) | Who suffered most in the great recession? A cautionary tale | ||
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Susan Marie Martin (UCC) |
‘Best Intentions’ and the Urban Poor: Regulation of Public Space and Market Rights Under Austerity | ||
| Robert Thornton (VPSJ) |
Low Hour Work and Income Adequacy |
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Session 8:Mothers, Children & Young People (Room 4)
| Session Chair: | Geoffrey Cook (ISPA) | ||
| Evelyn Mahon (TCD) | Irish Mammies: Reconciling Work and Family Life | ||
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Karen Smith (UCD) |
Beyond the Discourse of Investment: Policy for Children in Ireland | ||
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Ann Stokes (Maynooth University) |
Investigating the effectiveness of new wraparound models of care in the community for children and families | ||
| Eoin Carroll (Jesuit Centre for Faith & Justice) & Cathy Kelleher | Transforming Prison for Young Adults (aged 18–24): from penal expansion to the impact of recession and recovery | ||
14:40 – 16:00 Parallel sessions 9-12
Session 9: Health III – Healthcare Finance (Room 1)
Session organised with the Irish Gerontological Society (IGS)
| Session Chair: | Lorna Roe (IGS / ISPA) | ||
| Paul Goldrick Kelly (NERI) | The Fiscal Implications of Demographic Change in the Health Sector | ||
| Charles Normand (TCD) | Population growth, ageing and universal health care (UHC) in Ireland | ||
| Maev-Ann Wren (ESRI) (presenting), Sheelah Connolly, Nathan Cunningham (TCD) | The Potential Costs of Universal Health Insurance in Ireland | ||
Session 10: Politics & Political Participation (Room 2)
| Session Chair: | Frank Mills (ISPA) | ||
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The Politics of Pensions |
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| Education to Increase Voters Participation among Young People | |||
| Finding a new story to tell: neoliberalism, competition and challenges to voluntary action in Northern Ireland | |||
Session 11: Basic Income (Room 3)
| Session Chair: | Anne Ryan (Basic Income Ireland) | ||
| Basic Income - Context, Costings and Critique | |||
| Realising a Modest Basic Income | |||
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Universal Pension - towards a Basic Income |
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Session 12:Research with Vulnerable Groups (Room 4)
Session organised with the Social Research Association (SRA)
| Session Chair: | Noelle Cotter (SRA) | ||
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Sandra Roe |
Key issues in conducting research with children and young people | ||
| ‘It’s about Me’: Young people’s experiences of participating in their Child in Care Reviews | |||
| Challenges faced in seeking ethical approval to conduct research with children on a sensitive topic | |||
16:10 – 17:30 Parallel sessions 13-16
Session 13: Health IV – Healthcare & Older People (Room 1)
Session organised with the Irish Gerontological Society (IGS)
| Session Chair: | Vivienne Byers (DIT / ISPA) | ||
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Examining variation in healthcare service-use among frail older people who live at home: Implications for Irish health policy | ||
| Mary Ann O’Donovan (UCD & TCD) | Relocation or reshuffle: an examination of where older people with an intellectual disability are moving | ||
| Sarah Donnelly (UCD) | “I’d prefer to stay at home but I don’t have a choice.” Meeting Older People’s Preference for Care: Policy, but what about practice? | ||
Session 14: Policy & Public Services (Room 2)
| Session Chair: | Eoin Carroll (JCF&J / ISPA) | ||
| Commissioning Public Services Using a Public Value Creation Framework | |||
| Policy proofing, learning from the past, informing the future | |||
| Derek Rafferty (Dept of Transport Tourism & Sport) | Safety Cameras in Ireland – public service or golden goose? | ||
Session 15: Labour Market Issues (Room 3)
| Session Chair: | Philip O’Connell (UCD Geary Institute) | ||
| Well-being and employability: putting the job seeker first | |||
| Kasey Treadwell Shine (Department of Social Protection) | It’s not just ‘what works’: The evolution of the Pathways to Work Evaluation Programme | ||
| David Joyce (ICTU) and David Cichon (TCD) | Global Labour Rights under the Sustainable Development Agenda | ||
Session 16: Social Change in Contemporary Society (Room 4)
| Session Chair: | Tony McCashin (TCD / ISPA) | ||
| Recession and Divorce in Ireland: Coming back for another bite of the cherry | |||
| Pablo Rojas Coppari (Migrant Rights Centre) | Is Ireland home; what are the implications of irregular status in the development of social policy? | ||
| Stephan Köppe (UCD) | Resilience in times of crisis. Upper middle class households coping strategies in England and Scotland. | ||