Annual Conference 2006
"ONE ISLAND, TWO WELFARE STATES:
Social Policy in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland"
Friday 13th and Saturday 14th October, 2006
Nursing Building, Dundalk Institute of Technology
Conference Materials
Friday October 13th
Conference RegistrationIntroduction and Welcome
Dr David Getty, Chairman, Irish Social Policy Association
PLENARY SESSION 1: Politics, Values and Institutions
Chair: Dr David Getty, Chairman ISPA
- Professor Derek Birrell, University of Ulster
Public Administration in Northern Ireland - Some Policy Implications and Comparisons
Presentation - Professor Bernadette Hayes, University of Aberdeen
Conflict and Consensus – Values and Attitudes in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Presentation
Parallel Session A - Health and Welfare
Chair: Caroline Corr, Combat Poverty Agency
- Maeve Ann Wren (TCD)
So Near Yet So Far – Health Policy in the Republic of Ireland and the UK
Presentation - Dr Pauline Prior (QUB)
The Impact of Different Models of Delivery on Mental Health Service
Presentation
Parallel Session B - The Border, Conflict and Development
Chair: Jill Barry, Treasurer, ISPA
- Nick Acheson (Univ of Ulster)
Social Cohesion, Welfare and Civil Society
Paper
Slides - Helen Johnson
Combat Poverty Agency
Presentation
Saturday October 14th
Address by the Minister for Foreign AffairsMr Dermot Ahern TD
Plenary Session 2: Deprivation and Well-Being
Chair: Dr Geoffrey Cook, University College Dublin
- Professor Vani Borooah, University of Ulster
What Makes People Happy? Some Evidence from Northern Ireland
Paper
Presentation - Professor Chris Whelan, Economic and Social Research Institute
Levels and Patterns of Material Deprivation in Ireland: After the ‘Celtic Tiger’
Paper
Presentation
Parallel Session C: Disability Policy: North and South
Chair: Tony McCashin, Trinity College Dublin
- Eithne FitzGerald (National Disability Authority)
The National Disability Strategy
Presentation - Kevin Doherty (Disability Action)
Disability and Welfare Policy in Northern Ireland
Parallel Session D: Social Security: Convergence or Divergence
Chair: Anne McManus, Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Mel Cousins (Oxford Brookes University)
Social Security in Ireland and the UK in Comparative perspective
Presentation - Mary Murphy (TCD)
Who Vetoes Irish Social Security Policy?
Presentation