Royal Irish Academy Conference: Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis 23 April, 2013, Academy House The on-going crisis and associated responses to it (political, governance, popular etc.) provides an entry point for a wide-ranging exploration of spatial justice as a theoretical construct and a departure point for empirical analysis. Discourses of justice, equality and fairness remain central to a range of interconnected debates as Ireland seeks to recover from the interrelated collapses of the banking system and property markets and the knock on effects through the rest of society and the economy. Scale is an important dimension in framing and constructing popular discourses concerning issues of justice, e.g. the role of EU institutions in shaping Ireland’s treatment of banking debt or the impact of national budgetary measures on particular places. The focus of this conference is on understanding these spatially connected processes, how they are functioning at different scales, their impact on particular or specific places and spaces, as they give rise to new or evolving social and economic geographies.

1. Immigration and spatial justice g p j
in contemporary Ireland
Dr Mary Gilmartin
Department of Geography
National University of Ireland Maynooth
Spatial Justice and the Irish crisis, Royal Irish Academy, 23 June 2013

2. Introducing spatial justice

4. Immigration policy and
d l i j tiprocedural injustice

5. P l ti f I l d b ti litPopulation of Ireland by nationality
Nationality 2006 (%) 2011 (%)
Irish 88.8 86.8Irish 88.8 86.8
UK 2.7 2.5
Rest of EU 3.9 6.1
Other European 0.6 0.4
USA 0.3 0.2
Af i 8African 0.8 0.9
Asian 1.1 1.4
Other 1 7 1 7Other 1.7 1.7
Source: Gilmartin 2013

7. Immigrants and distributional
j tijustice

8. Li i g i I l dLiving in Ireland
Nationality 2006 2011
UK 112 259 112 548UK 112,259 112,548
Polish 63,276 122,585
Lithuanian 24,628 36,683
Source: Gilmartin 2013

15. H i t b ti lit Housing tenure by nationality, 2011
Owner occupied with loan or
mortgage
Owner occupied without loan or
mortgage
I i h Rented from a Local Authority
Rented from a Voluntary Body
Irish
nationals
Rented from a private landlord
Non‐Irish
Occupied free of rent
Not stated
Non Irish
nationals
Source: Census 2011, Profile 4, Table CD443

16. W ki g i I l dWorking in Ireland
Source: Gilmartin 2013

17. Occupation by sector and nationality, 2011
Other
Overall Irish UK
Other
EU‐15 EU‐10 RoW
Wholesale and retail trade 14.6 14.3 15.6 9.3 22.7 10.5
Health and social work 11.0 11.2 12.3 5.5 4.1 19.3
Manufacturing industries 10.2 9.9 10.0 12.7 16.0 6.4
Education 9.2 10.1 8.9 7.7 1.7 4.7
Public administration and
d f 6 6defence 6.3 7.2 3.4 1.2 0.4 1.6
Accommodation and food service 5.8 4.2 6.0 10.9 18.1 12.9
Financial and insurance activities 5.1 5.5 5.3 8.5 1.8 2.3
Professional, scientific and
t h i l 6 8technical 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.8 2.0 2.9
Construction 4.8 5.1 4.6 1.3 4.5 1.9

18. Occupation by sector and nationality, 2011
Other
Overall Irish UK
Other
EU‐15 EU‐10 RoW
Wholesale and retail trade 14.6 14.3 15.6 9.3 22.7 10.5
Health and social work 11.0 11.2 12.3 5.5 4.1 19.3
Manufacturing industries 10.2 9.9 10.0 12.7 16.0 6.4
Education 9.2 10.1 8.9 7.7 1.7 4.7
Public administration and
d f 6 6defence 6.3 7.2 3.4 1.2 0.4 1.6
Accommodation and food
service 5.8 4.2 6.0 10.9 18.1 12.9
Financial and insurance activities 5.1 5.5 5.3 8.5 1.8 2.3
Professional, scientific and
technical 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.8 2.0 2.9
Construction 4.8 5.1 4.6 1.3 4.5 1.9

19. Occupation by sector and nationality, 2011
Other
Overall Irish UK
Other
EU‐15 EU‐10 RoW
Wholesale and retail trade 14.6 14.3 15.6 9.3 22.7 10.5
Health and social work 11.0 11.2 12.3 5.5 4.1 19.3
Manufacturing industries 10.2 9.9 10.0 12.7 16.0 6.4
Education 9.2 10.1 8.9 7.7 1.7 4.7
Public administration and
d f 6 3 7 2 3 4 1 2 0 4 1 6defence 6.3 7.2 3.4 1.2 0.4 1.6
Accommodation and food service 5.8 4.2 6.0 10.9 18.1 12.9
Financial and insurance activities 5.1 5.5 5.3 8.5 1.8 2.3
Professional, scientific and
t h i l 6 8technical 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.8 2.0 2.9
Construction 4.8 5.1 4.6 1.3 4.5 1.9

20. Occupation by sector and nationality, 2011
Other
Overall Irish UK
Other
EU‐15 EU‐10 RoW
Wholesale and retail trade 14.6 14.3 15.6 9.3 22.7 10.5
Health and social work 11.0 11.2 12.3 5.5 4.1 19.3
Manufacturing industries 10.2 9.9 10.0 12.7 16.0 6.4
Education 9.2 10.1 8.9 7.7 1.7 4.7
Public administration and
d f 6 3 7 2 3 4 1 2 0 4 1 6defence 6.3 7.2 3.4 1.2 0.4 1.6
Accommodation and food service 5.8 4.2 6.0 10.9 18.1 12.9
Financial and insurance activities 5.1 5.5 5.3 8.5 1.8 2.3
Professional, scientific and
t h i l 6 8technical 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.8 2.0 2.9
Construction 4.8 5.1 4.6 1.3 4.5 1.9

21. Conclusion
Contact: mary.gilmartin@nuim.ie

22. F th i f tiFurther information
Central Statistics Office (CSO) (2012) Census 2011. Available online at
http://www.cso.ie/en/census/census2011reports/
Gilmartin M (2012) The changing face of Irish migration, 2000‐2012.
NIRSA Working Paper No. 69. Available from:
http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/research/working_papers.shtml
Gilmartin M (2013) Changing Ireland, 2000‐2012: Immigration,
emigration and inequality. Forthcoming in Irish Geography
Maps prepared by Justin Gleeson, All‐Island Research Observatory
(AIRO), National University of Ireland Maynooth. http://www.airo.ie/