Ireland ‘needs to do more’ to address the issue of aggressive tax planning - Economic News | Ireland & World Economy Headlines |The Irish Times - Mon, Jun 02, 2014

Ireland ‘needs to do more’ to address the issue of aggressive tax planning - Economic News | Ireland & World Economy Headlines |The Irish Times - Mon, Jun 02, 2014: "In its review of the Irish economy, the European Commission called on Ireland to facilitate higher labour market participating by women, by improving access to more affordable and full-time childcare, particularly for low-income families. Ireland has one of the highest proportions of people living in households with low work intensity in the EU, the analysis found. Other countries with low female participation in the work place include Austria, Germany, Malta, Poland, and Italy.
While long-term unemployment has fallen gradually with the recent improvement in the labour market, the report noted that long-term unemployment continues to increase as a proportion of overall unemployment, representing 61 per cent of the total at the end of last year.
Similarly, the proportion of young people not in unemployment, education or training, increased by eight percentage points between 2007 and 2007 to 18.7 per cent. While this has now fallen to 16.1 per cent, it is still one of the highest in the EU."



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