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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

James Browne: ...the commercial gambling industry. That is different from what we are doing. We treat this as a public health crisis. Those Deputies listening in their constituencies will know there is a crisis with gambling addiction. The ESRI report from last Christmas shows that it is ten times worse than what we believed to be the worst-case scenario. However, Sinn Féin wants exemptions for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (24 Apr 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...in the future will be an essential factor of the new Statutory Scheme. With this in mind the Department of Health is researching different funding models. The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) also undertook a programme of work on behalf of the Department on the potential demand and cost of home support which culminated in two reports: ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on the Social Welfare System: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

.... We see that political opinion on welfare payments and means testing is nuanced. Creating new provisions, for instance, a second tier of means-tested child benefit as recommended recently by the ESRI, might be very tricky. Turning to the research, over the past decade, with my colleague Dr. Ray Griffin and other researchers, we conducted more than 150 interviews with jobseekers -...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the issues raised by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, in respect of the national development plan (details supplied), particularly in terms of capacity and resource constraints to deliver public housing, elder-care facilities and childcare and increase the number of hospital beds; his plans to address...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Paschal Donohoe: ...approval of a draft revised national planning framework until the full set of data required to properly consider matters relating to demographics and population projections has been completed by the ESRI. The ESRI has produced a draft final report which is now subject to peer review. The independent report will published by the ESRI once all the final reviews have been completed. To...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (23 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...and Imelda Lambkin, Enterprise Ireland; Kevin Flynn, IDA; Karl Gardner, DFA; Catriona Ryan and Louise Callinan, HEA; Peter Brown, IRC; Ciarán Seoighe, SFI; Josephine Prendergast, DHLGH; Marianne Cassidy, DPER; Charlie O’Regan, ESRI; Kenneth Jordan, DRCD; Niall Egan, DSP; and Joe Healy, DTCAGSM. An official from DFHERIS also attends these meetings and acts as Secretariat to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Prices (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...Price Index (CPI) rose by 2.9% between March 2023 and March 2024, down from an increase of 3.4% in the 12 months to February 2024, and well below the annual increase of 7% for March 2023. The ESRI forecast of inflation for 2024 and 2025 is 2.3% and 2% respectively. This moderation in inflation is being driven by a sharp decline in energy prices. The CPI for energy, gas and other fuels in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...economy, more broadly. Added to this, Irish GDP grew by 15.1% in 2021, and 9.4% in 2022, therefore, a moderation in economic growth might naturally be expected. A moderation in growth is also forecast by the ESRI in their recent Quarterly Economic Commentary (Spring 2024), with GDP growth of 2.5% and 2.3% forecast for 2024 and 2025 respectively. The Government’s commitment to...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Denis Naughten: ...scheme to one in which every worker will have access to a workplace pension. The joint Oireachtas committee held meetings with officials from the Minister's Department, the Pensions Authority, the ESRI and various stakeholders, including ICTU, IBEC, Irish Life and Insurance Ireland between December 2022 and February 2023. We set out a detailed pre-legislative scrutiny report and the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...of which is that there be no poverty. We have commitments for 2025 and 2030. We can see the links between welfare and poverty reduction. I brought with me the recent third annual report of the ESRI on poverty, income equality and living standards in Ireland. Members will see that where it deals with poverty in older age, the graph goes up and then plummets because a political decision...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Darragh O'Brien: .... As he knows, we will be revising those targets on the basis of real data, namely, the census, which was delayed by one year because of Covid. The 2022 census data is being worked through by the ESRI. In the autumn we will publish new housing targets that will filter down to all local authorities, along with changes to the NPF. It may require in some areas additional zonings of land...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Bríd Smith: ..., from 2034 onwards, 6% of gross earnings will be paid by the employer, another 6% will be paid by the employee and 2% will come from the State. According to the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, there will be a slight increase in the rates of people at risk of poverty as a result of automatic enrolment pension contributions because those contributions will mainly come from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to publish a Roadmap for the First Revision outlining the process and timeline for the revision process. Further to Census 2022, my Department engaged the Economic Social and Research Institute (ESRI) to update their previous projections relating to population growth to 2040, based on demographic and econometric modelling and having regard to the results of Census 2022 and other factors...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (16 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the updated housing targets for Housing for All based on ESRI modelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16633/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...(universal) subsidy were used. Assuming a 45-hour week for all children, a new hourly minimum (universal) subsidy of €1.43 was derived to effect a 1% reduction in out of pocket costs. The ESRI SWITCH model was used to estimate the cost of this increase to the minimum (universal) subsidy, the estimate from SWITCH was then applied to the Department's baseline cost of the NCS for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Cian O'Callaghan: ...a short point that is not directly related to this. The Minister of State’s predecessor, Deputy O’Donnell, gave a commitment to us during Committee Stage that the terms of reference of the ESRI study would be shared with this committee. He gave that commitment twice but it has not been shared with the committee yet. I ask the Minister of State to please follow up on that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...back into use are delivering really significant housing output. They are delivering for communities. As I said previously, we will be reviewing the housing targets, underpinned by research from the ESRI, later this year.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Malcolm Noonan: Housing for All commits to delivering an average of 33,000 homes annually, rising to more than 40,000 by 2030. These targets are based on independent, peer-reviewed research and modelling by the ESRI. They are the only housing targets underpinned by such a robust evidence base. That said, it was always intended to review these targets, particularly in light of census 2022. The review has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The planned review of targets is underway and, once again, will be based on independent, peer reviewed research and modelling by the ESRI. Importantly, the ESRI is not developing housing targets. Rather, it is researching and modelling a range of scenarios for future demographic housing demand at local authority level for each year to 2040. Accordingly, while some level of pent-up demand...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...so, too, are increased homeownership rates, yet this Government is found wanting in that regard. Both of these things - pension income and housing status - are connected. Research conducted by the ESRI found that only 65% of those currently aged 35 to 44 are likely to be homeowners by retirement, compared to 90% of those currently aged 65 and over. This presents a major problem for...