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Planning for Ireland’s future

Bruegel’s 20th anniversary event in Dublin, jointly organised with the Irish Department of Finance as part of its Annual Policy Conference

Time and location: 5 November 2025 14:00-17:00 Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2, D02 A893 Invitation-only
Format: Onsite-only
Contact: Katja Knežević
Partners: Department of Finance, Ireland

Speakers

Paschal Donohoe

Minister for Finance, Ireland

President, Eurogroup

John McCarthy

Chief Economist, Department of Finance, Ireland

Caroline Mehigan

Head of EU & International Unit, Central Bank of Ireland

Rory Montgomery

Former Second Secretary, Dept of Foreign Affairs, Chair, Press Council of Ireland

Dr. Tadgh O’Mahony

Adjunct Professor, Finland Futures Research Centre at Turku School of Economics, Assistant Professor in Environmental Policy, University College Dublin

Robert Troy

Minister of State, Department of Finance, Ireland

Maeve von Heynitz

Director General of EU & Trade Policy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland

Juha Kaskinen

Director, Finland Futures Research Centre

Agenda

Check-in & welcome coffee

13:30-14:00

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Introduction

14:00-14:05

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Video address

14:05-14:10

Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance, Ireland; President, Eurogroup

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Opening speech

14:10-14:20

Robert Troy, Minister of State, Department of Finance, Ireland

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Session 1: keynote speech

14:20-14:35

André Sapir, Bruegel Senior Fellow

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Panel discussion and Q&A

14:35-15:15

Chair: Maeve von Heynitz, Director General of EU & Trade Policy Division , Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
Caroline Mehigan, Head of EU & International Unit, Central Bank of Ireland
Rory Montgomery, Former Second Secretary, Dept of Foreign Affairs, Chair , Press Council of Ireland
Loretta O'Sullivan, Chief Economist, EY

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Coffee break

15:15-15:30

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Session 2 : Governing for the future

15:30

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Presentation: Future Forty

15:30-16:10

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Presentation: Anticipatory Governance

16:10-16:25

Juha Kaskinen, Director, Finland Futures Research Centre

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Panel discussion and Q&A

16:25-17:05

Chair: Martina Lawless, Director, ESRI
John McCarthy, Chief Economist, Department of Finance, Ireland
Dr. Tadgh O’Mahony, Adjunct Professor, Finland Futures Research Centre at Turku School of Economics, Assistant Professor in Environmental Policy, University College Dublin
Juha Kaskinen, Director, Finland Futures Research Centre
Ed Brophy, EU Strategy & Head of Public Policy, Ireland, Amazon

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Closing remarks

17:15

The Department of Finance’s Annual Policy Conference focused on planning for Ireland’s future and featured recent research from the Department analysing how major demographic and economic trends may impact Ireland. The Conference marked the publication of the Department of Finance’s report Future Forty: A Fiscal and Economic Outlook to 2065, a first-of-its-kind assessment for Ireland, which projects Ireland’s economy and fiscal position over the coming forty years. The report includes detailed Deep-Dives into Climate Change & the Green Transition, Deglobalisation, Demographics, Healthcare, Housing and Digitalisation.

On the occasion, Bruegel celebrated its 20^th anniversary in Dublin. Minister of State Robert Troy TD opened the conference and Andre Sapir, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, delivered a keynote address based on the recent report on Geopolitical Shifts and their Economic Impacts on Europe. 

In the frame of Bruegel's 20th Anniversary celebrations we are organising a series of events in our members states, to bring important European conversations to the capitals and hear views from national policy makers and experts on potential challenges and solutions.

You can see all of Bruegel's 20th Anniversary news and activities on our dedicated page.

Partners

This event is jointly organised by Bruegel, the Irish Department of Finance