Frances P. Ruane
Professor Frances Ruane | |
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Born | Industrial economics | 22 January 1951
Alma mater | University College Dublin[1] |
Awards | Honorary Fellowship, TCD |
Frances P. Ruane,
Early life
She is a native of Tuam, County Galway.[1] She entered University College Dublin in 1968 and graduated in 1971 with a B.A. in Economics, Politics & Statistics, and in 1973 with an M.A. in Econometrics and Statistics.
Career
Early career
Between 1971 and 1974, she worked as a Planning Officer at the
Career in higher education
In 1977, after her MPhil, and while still studying for her DPhil, she took up a teaching post at
In 2002, together with other economists, she warned against "Benchmarking" pay increases proposed for Ireland's public sector.[3] This prediction of significant economic costs was largely borne out following the end of Ireland's Celtic Tiger bubble, as the government was faced with a very large current spending deficit, following its permanent spending commitments on the back of temporary taxation revenues. Her interest in public policy led to the publication of "Governance and Policy Making in Ireland", co-edited with Donal de Buitléir, in 2003 and "Using Evidence to Inform Policy", co-edited with Pete Lunn, in 2013.
Her principal academic research interests relate to
ESRI & later career
She succeeded Brendan Whelan as director of the ESRI on 1 December 2006 and retired in 2015.[7] During her tenure as ESRI Director and since, Ruane has appeared regularly in the media.[8]
Public body and voluntary roles
She has served on many committees and boards, including the
From 2016 to 2019, she served as Chair of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, one of Ireland's oldest learned societies;[9] she was only the second female Chair in the Society's 170-year existence, after Thekla Beere. In 2017, she was named chair of the board at the Abbey Theatre.[10] Since 2019, she has been Chair of Ireland's National Competitiveness Council.
References
- ^ a b c d "Buck Stops Here". 26 June 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Prof Jane Ohlmeyer Women in Leadership Masterclass". 4 June 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Benchmark cost: 10,000 jobs plus 3% tax hike". Irish Independent. 13 October 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Trinity Monday 2010 – Fellows and Scholars". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "RCSI Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Frances Ruane MRIA Masterclass". 28 March 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Person: Frances Ruane". Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "One to One". RTE. 29 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008.
- ^ "Statistical & Social Inquiry Society of Ireland – Meeting Schedule". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Frances Ruane appointed chair of Abbey Theatre board". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 December 2017.