Results 1-17 of 17 for esri speaker:Ossian Smyth

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: Earlier this evening I spoke about the ESRI review. Part of the renaming of the Department to include NDP delivery involves asking an external agency to look at the exact question the Deputy asked, namely, what the barriers are to NDP delivery. We have asked the ESRI to assess what constraints we are reaching, what capacity constraints we have, what changes we might need to make and how to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...money is being put aside to protect the economy in the event that our corporate taxes turn out to be a windfall. I dispute the assertion that we are not investing enough in capital projects. The ESRI report is about examining how far we can go with capital investment and given that we have full employment and a capacity constraint on skilled workers, how we can invest more into the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...back the same quantity of output - in other words, the same number of houses and hospital are built - but prices, wages or costs are pushed up and, therefore, add to inflation. That is why the ESRI report is being done. It is why the review is being carried out. The ESRI has identified capacity constraints, given the place we are in the economic cycle. Referring back to previous ESRI...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...evaluation of NDP priorities and capacity. My Department has recently received the final version of the independent evaluation of investment priorities and capacity of the NDP conducted by the ESRI. This is an important report in terms of its evaluation of the capacity to deliver current Government priorities, to utilise sectoral capital allocations and to estimate the impact of the...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...assist people in certain circumstances. Exceptional needs payments can be made to help meet an essential, one-off cost that an applicant is unable to meet from his or her own resources. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, found that the one-off measures announced as part of budget 2023 will insulate most households from rising prices this winter.

Energy Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, a special heating supplement may be paid to assist people in certain circumstances. Exceptional needs payments can be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost that an applicant is unable to meet from his or her own resources. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has found that the once-off measures announced as part of budget...

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...gas will remain until the end of February 2023. Budget 2023 also introduced further measures amounting to €2.5 billion to support households with rising electricity and gas prices. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has found one-off measures announced as part of budget 2023 will insulate most households from rising prices this winter. Its research shows welfare...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...engaging with NGOs such as the Money Advice & Budgeting Service, MABS, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Alone. The group will also work with the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, as part of a research project to improve the measurement and monitoring of energy poverty in Ireland and provide insights to enhance policy design of such measures to protect vulnerable...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Public Expenditure and Reform): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...package of cost-of-living measures to help people with their bills in November for electricity and gas, etc. They have been heavily targeted towards people who need them most. We worked with the ESRI to make sure that we would reach those people who are most likely to be in energy poverty as a result of increasing bills. However, it is also important that we take measures that last for...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...faced by consumers. This, in turn, has resulted in a very significant increase in the number of people at risk of energy poverty. Recent estimates from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, indicate that up to 29.4% of households are now spending more than 10% of their income on their home energy needs. The Government is keenly aware of the pressure on households facing...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...the new action plan. My Department has also been engaging with relevant Departments and agencies on a bilateral basis. This process is running in parallel to the Estimates. The group will also work with the ESRI and the CSO as a research network to improve the measurement and monitoring of energy poverty in Ireland and to provide insights that enhance policy design to protect vulnerable...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...portion of carbon tax revenue is allocated for expenditure on targeted welfare measures and energy efficiency measures, which not only support the most vulnerable households in society but also in the long term provide support against fuel price impacts by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels; — analysis undertaken using SWITCH - the ESRI tax and benefit model, to simulate the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (9 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...4% in 2020. These are positive indications but we still need to improve how we measure and monitor the number of households that could be at risk. A research network on fuel poverty chaired by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has been established to examine the data and metrics needed to improve existing measures for fuel poverty in Ireland. The group consists of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (9 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I believe the ESRI statistics are in addition to the CSO ones but I will get confirmation for the Senator on that. She has asked interesting questions about the calculation of the PSO levy, measuring the difference between those who have steady use and those who have peak use, and whether it is fair for commercial and residential customers. I cannot give the Senator a good answer orally so...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reviews (19 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...and climate modelling and is being undertaken as part of a 4 year publicly procured multiannual contract December 2018-2022 06/12/2022 Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)- Consultancy to support work of the Climate Action Modelling Group (CAMG). This includes provision of a Research Programme on Climate, Energy and the Economy 2020-2022 31/12/2022 ...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...a result of the budget, to divide the population into ten sections or deciles, and to see for each tenth of the population, from the poorest to the richest, who would do best. It is true, and the ESRI will verify this, that the bottom three deciles, the poorest 30% of society, are the ones who have seen the largest increase in their net income as a result of the changes to tax and social...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...never happens. I would put this amendment into that frame. If we are going to measure production and consumption, we are probably going to do nothing. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has produced research on consumption-based emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, funded that. The results of the research will be coming out and I am looking forward to...