Leaving Cert Economics: Market Failure & Government Intervention questions

Where markets fail to allocate resources efficiently and how government intervenes in individual markets.

60 past Economics questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

Market Failure & Government Intervention question pack

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2025 · 5 questions

Q1

macroeconomics

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Q6

labour market, minimum wage

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Q7

income elasticity of demand

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Q8

environmental sustainability

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Q1575 marks

banking, government expenditure

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2024 · 4 questions

Q312 marks

market equilibrium

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Q712 marks
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Q912 marks

opportunity cost

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Q1675 marks

income elasticity of demand, capital expenditure, indirect taxation

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2023 · 4 questions

Q712 marks

market equilibrium

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Q1475 marks

unemployment, full employment, trade protection

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Q1575 marks

inflation, consumer price index, exchange rates

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Q1675 marks

demand, market equilibrium, circular economy

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2022 · 5 questions

Q315 marks
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Q915 marks
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Q1175 marks

factors of production, opportunity cost

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Q1275 marks

market structures, monopoly, oligopoly

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Q1675 marks

sustainability

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2021 · 3 questions

Q415 marks
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Q1375 marks

supply and demand, price elasticity of demand

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Q1675 marks

labour market, minimum wage

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2020 · 6 questions

Q175 marks

marginal utility, market equilibrium

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Q216 marks

economic development, less developed countries

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Q416 marks

supply and demand, market equilibrium

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Q675 marks

tariffs, trade protectionism, international trade

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Q617 marks

fiscal policy, keynesian economics

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Q775 marks

carbon tax, regressive taxation, government expenditure

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2019 · 1 question

Q175 marks

individual demand, market demand, market equilibrium

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2018 · 1 question

Q875 marks

national income statistics, multiplier, foreign direct investment

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2017 · 3 questions

Q175 marks

law of demand, consumer surplus, market equilibrium

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Q675 marks

consumer price index, demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation

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Q875 marks

natural increase, net migration, population

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2016 · 2 questions

Q775 marks

income and wealth, progressive and regressive taxes, inequality

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Q817 marks

taxation, disposable income

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2015 · 3 questions

Q175 marks

market equilibrium, demand and supply

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Q275 marks

monopoly, barriers to entry, price discrimination

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Q575 marks

credit creation, financial regulation, sme finance

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Market Failure & Government Intervention question pack

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2025 · 3 questions

Q312 marks

sporting events

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Q612 marks
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Q1175 marks

perfect competition

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2024 · 5 questions

Q112 marks

sustainable development, natural resources

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Q312 marks

monopolistic competition, advertising

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Q612 marks

deposit return scheme, recycling

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Q1175 marks

oligopoly, energy market

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Q1675 marks

population, corporation tax, ageing population

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2023 · 2 questions

Q10
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Q1575 marks

demand curve

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2022 · 1 question

Q815 marks

opportunity cost

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2021 · 1 question

Q1675 marks

factors of production, brexit, exports

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2019 · 1 question

Q275 marks

demand and supply, market equilibrium, shifts in demand and supply

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2018 · 1 question

Q875 marks

employment, unemployment, retirement

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2017 · 2 questions

Q817 marks

taxation

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Q875 marks

population, census, privatisation

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2016 · 5 questions

Q175 marks

perfect competition, market structures

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Q216 marks

international trade, trade barriers

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Q617 marks
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Q717 marks

branding, consumer behaviour

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Q875 marks

national debt, infrastructure

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2015 · 2 questions

Q275 marks

demand and supply, market equilibrium, shifts in demand and supply

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Q775 marks

government expenditure, economic growth, european union

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