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PBO | Insight
Social housing performance metrics
Our latest in the PBO | Insight series examines the housing programme under Vote 34 of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which represents an area of significant Government spending.
Spending in the programme is substantial, rising from over €1.9 billion in 2018 to an estimated €4 billion for 2024.
Our costing service
Learn more about the PBO’s costing service for Members, including a service to provide confidential costings for election campaign proposals.
Our publications
Our most recent publications include an updated version of our costing guidelines customised for election proposals and a distributional impact analysis of Government and Opposition tax and welfare packages on Irish households.
PBO | Explorer
Interactive data exploration
See beyond the numbers with PBO | Explorer, a repository of our interactive tools, calculators and data visualisation resources.
PBO | Essentials
Core reference material
PBO | Essentials comprises a curated list of core reference resources to better understand discussions about the economy, the budget, taxation and how public money is spent.
Research tools
Use our tools to explore data in a way that sees the real impact of budgetary changes.
PBO | Scholar
See the latest in our PBO | Scholar series, our repository of working papers comprising primary research in progress that is intended to elicit comments and encourage debate.
- Medium-term macroeconomic forecasting in Ireland: A VAR set-up with Bayesian and tree ensemble models and forecast averaging
- EVE: A model of indirect taxes using household micro-data
- Costing Analysis with Scarce Data An Example from the Cycle-To-Work Scheme for E-bikes
- Simulating Micro Data for Policy and Costing Analysis
- Revenue volatility and the role of the Rainy-Day Fund: Potential mechanisms for identifying and setting aside excess receipts
- Examining the Volatility of Ireland’s Tax Base in the Paradigm of Modern Portfolio Theory
See how the PBO works
We provide independent and impartial information, analysis and advice to the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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