Social partnership and national agreements
Social Partnership
Roche, W.K. Social partnership in Ireland and new social pacts. Industrial Relations, Vol 46, No 3, July 2007. pp395-425.
ROCHE, W.K. Social partnership and workplace regimes in Ireland. Industrial Relations Journal, Vol 38, No 3, May 2007. pp188-209.
ROCHE, W. K. (2009) Social partnership: from Lemass to Cowen. Economic and Social Review. Vol 40, No 2, Summer. pp183-205. (Text of 2008 Countess Markievicz Memorial Lecture, Trinity College, Dublin, 25 November 2008.)
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- Reproduced in: SHEEHAN, B. (2009) Social partnership: from Lemass to Cowen. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 3, 20 January. pp24-32.
TEAGUE, P. and DONAGHEY, J. (2009) Why has Irish social partnership survived? British Journal of Industrial Relations. Vol 47, No 1, March. pp55-78.
DOHERTY, M. and ERNE, R. (2010) Mind the gap: national and local partnership in the Irish public sector. Industrial Relations Journal. Vol 41, No 5, September. pp461-478.
MORAN, J. (2010) From Cathollic Church dominance to social partnership promise and now economic crisis, little changes in Irish social policy. Irish Journal of Public Policy. Vol 2, No 1.
MCGUINNESS, S., KELLY, E. and O'CONNELL, P. J. (2010) The impact of social partnership on Ireland's competitiveness. Dublin: ESRI.
HASTINGS, T., SHEEHAN, B. and YEATES, P. (2007) Saving the future: how social partnership shaped Ireland's economic success. Dublin: Blackhall Publishing.
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- Reviewed in: (2007) Social partnership and its role in Ireland's economic miracle. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 25, 5 July. pp19-22.
BARRY, F. (2009) Social partnership, competitiveness and exit from fiscal crisis. Economic and Social Review. Vol 40, No 1, Spring. pp1-14.
MCDONOUGH, T. and DUNDON, T. (2010) Thatcherism delayed? The Irish crisis and the paradox of social partnership. Industrial Relations Journal - Annual European Review. Vol 41, No 6. pp544-562.
DOHERTY, M. (2011) It must have been love...but it's over now: the crisis and collapse of social partnership in Ireland. Transfer. Vol 17, No 3, August. pp371-385.
D'ART, D. and TURNER, T. (2011) Irish trade unions under social partnership: a Faustian bargain? Industrial Relations Journal. Vol 42, No 2. pp157-173.
IRISH CENTRE FOR SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY. (2011) Community engagement in Ireland's developmental welfare state: a study of the life cycle approach. Galway: ICSG.
Future of social partnership
MCDONNELL, M. (2009) Replace social partnership with 'National Social Accord' - CIPD. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 41, 13 November. pp27-28.
SHEEHAN, B. (2011) Taoiseach advised to re-brand social partnership. Dublin: eironline.
SHEEHAN, B. (2011) Government's policy continues shift towards 'social dialogue', away from partnership. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 14, 7 April. pp23-26.
ROCHE, B. (2010) The breakdown of social partnership. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 10, 11 March. pp24-29. (Paper given at the 2010 IRN conference.)
HIGGINS, C. (2010) Partnership - could it yet be 'born again'? IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 10, 11 March. pp29-30. (Report on panel discussion following above paper.)
For more information, see our section on Social Partnership.
National Agreements
Programme for National Recovery
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (1987) Programme for National Recovery. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Programme for Economic and Social Progress
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (1991) Programme for Economic and Social Progress. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Programme for Competitiveness and Work
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (1994) Programme for Competitiveness and Work. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Partnership 2000
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (1996) Partnership 2000. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Programme for Prosperity and Fairness
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (1999) Programme for Prosperity and Fairness. Dublin: Stationery Office.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2000) Programme for Prosperity and Fairness: adjusted pay terms. Dublin: Stationery Office.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2002) Summary report on progress to date under the PPF. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Sustaining Progress
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2003) Sustaining Progress: Social Partnership Agreement 2003-2005. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Towards 2016
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2006) Towards 2016, ten-year framework social partnership agreement 2006-2015. Dublin: Stationery Office.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2007) Towards 2016 first progress report. Dublin: Stationery Office.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2007) Towards 2016 second progress report. Dublin: Stationery Office.
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- Reported in: SHEEHAN, B. (2007) Towards 2016 - second progress report released. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 29, 2 August. pp19-20.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2007) Towards 2016 third progress report. Dublin: Stationery Office.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2008) Towards 2016 fourth progress report. Dublin: Stationery Office.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2008) Towards 2016: summary report on progress, November 2007 to February 2008. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Transitional Agreement
DEPARTMENT OF THE TAOISEACH. (2008) Towards 2016 review and transitional agreement 2008-2009. Dublin: Stationery Office.
Croke Park Agreement
Implementation Body website (Includes the text of the agreement abnd information on outputs, the action plans and its recommendations on specific issues.)
Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 (Croke Park Agreement). Dublin: Stationery Office.
Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: main text. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 13, 1 April 2010. pp26-29.
Main points of the public sector deal, Irish Times, 30 March 2010
Statement by Minister of State Dara Calleary TD - Agreement reached with Public Service Unions on an Agenda for Public Service Transformation, Government press release, 30 March 2010
Draft Public Sector Agreement 2010-2014 - clarification (06-05-10). IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 18, 13 May 2010. pp22-23.
SHEEHAN, B. (2010) Croke Park deal delivers cost containment and promises major change in public sector. Dublin: eironline.
IMPLEMENTATION BODY. (2011) Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: first progress report. Dublin: Stationery Office.
EQUALITY TRIBUNAL. (2011) First progress report on the Public Service Agreement. Dublin: Equality Tribunal.
SHEEHAN, B. (2010) EU-IMF programme confirms standing of 'Croke Park'. IRN - Industrial Relations News. No 44, 2 December. pp10-11.
For more information, see our section on the Croke Park Agreement.