Results 1-20 of 54 for esri speaker:David Cullinane

Written Answers — Department of Health: Economic and Social Research Institute (18 Jan 2024)

David Cullinane: 21. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to respond to ESRI reports which have identified significant deficits and imbalances in critical healthcare infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2059/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

David Cullinane: ...any money on those 700 beds being delivered in 2024 because I have not heard a peep since. Can somebody from the HSE tell me where that is? I see there was commentary again across the media on the ESRI report that says we need 3,000 hospital beds by 2030. That is on a no-reform basis. I accept that if we build the elective hospitals and if we switch more care into the community and the...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

David Cullinane: ...out-of-hours general practice services, are buckling under the strain of demand and historic neglect and underinvestment under successive Ministers for Health; further notes that: — the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has published estimates which reckon that the Health Service Executive is faced with a deficit of 1,000 acute inpatient hospital beds, and that there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: ...Before I address the issue of RHAs, which are important and will be a milestone in delivering better healthcare, I will put a question to Mr. Gloster on the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report published this morning. It included a section on hospital beds. He might recall that last week we had a very lengthy discussion on this. I said we need more beds. The report...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)

David Cullinane: As did the ESRI.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (31 Mar 2021)

David Cullinane: 163. To ask the Taoiseach the terms of reference for the all-island healthcare research study that he stated in the media (details supplied) he had commissioned from the ESRI. [17508/21]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

David Cullinane: ...measures which need to be put in place. I am afraid this carbon tax increase will hit many hard-working families hard. It will be a regressive measure. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has repeatedly stated it is regressive. Nothing in the budget that I can see makes this a progressive measure. It will hit the lowest income families hardest and that is something...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: How will those low income households be reducing their consumption or their carbon footprint if they use oil or gas for heating their homes? We discussed this with the ESRI when it appeared. I ask Mr. Carroll to tell me how low income households will do that. I will leave it at that when I get a response.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: The ESRI cannot seriously say it will decrease by 3.9%. Emissions went up last year and we know agriculture is one of the big polluters. The ESRI cannot seriously be saying that a carbon tax increase of €30 would reduce emissions by 3.9%. What is the carbon tax at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: The ESRI officials are suggesting that an increase from €20 to €30 would mean a 3.9% decrease.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: ...we are at the moment. We already have significant carbon taxes. I cannot image how increasing the charge from €20 per tonne to €30 per tonne would result in a 3.9% emissions reduction. The ESRI has not really convinced me that people will make the changes, other than perhaps putting on the electricity a little less. I am not convinced. For example, can the average family...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: We are talking about changing behaviour. The ESRI officials have said it will reduce carbon. It is not about their income. It is about reducing the carbon footprint and emissions. What if a family cannot afford an electric car? The ESRI is making the assumption that there will be a reduction of 3.9%. I am trying to understand what that assumption is based on. What are they going to do?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: What are they going to do? The ESRI officials are not telling me what an individual is going to do, apart from the possibility that people might turn off electricity. They may or may not do so. That is a real assumption because they may be unable to do so. There are several ways in which people can reduce emissions. People can change their car - that is one option. They can use public...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: Yet, we know from the last figures we saw that agricultural emissions went up. Is that not correct? I have high regard for the ESRI as an organisation but I am really struggling to believe that an increase of €10 would see a fall of 3.9%. I would have to see more evidence. I am not convinced by it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: ...If a consumer wants to buy an electric car, it is a substantial investment. We know the majority of people cannot afford to make those changes. That is why I am questioning the assumption of the ESRI that emissions will drop by 3.9%. I simply do not find it credible. I want to ask a question of the Central Statistics Office before I finish.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses. I welcome the opportunity to have a discussion on this issue and I thank the Chairman for facilitating it. I will start with the ESRI, which has done some analysis on carbon tax increases. Deputy Connolly spoke about the fact that carbon taxes are regressive. If carbon tax is regressive as a starting point, then as I understand it, the ESRI is arguing that either...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: The figures are contained in the ESRI opening statement. Would it not be better if we provided people with alternatives? For example, if we were making grants available for people to transition from heating their homes with oil or gas, would that not be a better way of using money rather than increasing the carbon tax? Would providing alternatives not be a better option than increasing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: The ESRI looks at this purely from a revenue perspective.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: What Dr. Tovar Reaños is giving me are the challenges. I know what the challenges are. The ESRI opening statement noted that when simulating a carbon tax increase of €30, the ESRI estimates that carbon emissions will fall by 3.9%. What did carbon emissions fall by last year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

David Cullinane: How do people change their behaviour? I am trying to get to what people will do. Let us say that, in the ESRI model, carbon taxes increase by €30 and the ESRI estimate that carbon emissions will fall by 3.9%. What are people doing that will reduce the carbon emissions based on this model? The witnesses should tell me what an ordinary family will do if their home is heated by oil or...