CSO data highlights declining Irish competitiveness

ei.sdraob

The Central Statistics Office has published a report on the progress made in Ireland in 2008 as measured by a number of social and economic indicators.

The data highlights the decline in Ireland's competitiveness over the past decade and shows that Ireland had the biggest budget deficit of any EU member state last year.

It also shows that Ireland was the second most expensive country for consumers in the EU after Denmark.

Ireland had one of the highest levels of third-level education in the EU last year, but the primary education sector still had the joint-highest average class size.

http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/cso-data-highlights-declining-irish-competitiveness-1856676.html


does anyone have a link to this CSO paper, yet more economic bad news, when will it stop

graduate

This is not more bad news, just an actual compilation of it. Probably competitiveness has already started to improve.

Ireland had one of the highest levels of third-level education in the EU last year, but the primary education sector still had the joint-highest average class size.

While spending less on education than other places, Ireland has had more outputs at similar quality to other places.

ei.sdraob

graduate wrote: »

This is not more bad news, just an actual compilation of it. Probably competitiveness has already started to improve.



While spending less on education than other places, Ireland has had more outputs at similar quality to other places.

but the primary education sector still had the joint-highest average class size


there are 2 issues in the education sentence, the second one despite high primary spending we still have high class sizes

graduate

the second one despite high primary spending we still have high class sizes

What high primary spending? Is primary spending high relative to the other countries in the EU?

Ostrom

ei.sdraob wrote: »

but the primary education sector still had the joint-highest average class size

The detailed paper on education from bord snip also uses an ideal measure of 16:1 as the current class ratio. The suggestion is an increase to an 'ideal' level we already know has been far exceeded on average.

ei.sdraob

graduate wrote: »

What high primary spending? Is primary spending high relative to the other countries in the EU?

thats what the article claims

and thats why i am asking for CSO source paper to doublecheck