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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: .... The LDA is a commercial, State-sponsored body that has been created to coordinate land within public control to provide affordable and social homes and build communities across the nation. The ESRI published its report titled 'The National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and Capacity' on 12th January 2024. The ESRI report acknowledges that it is clear that an accelerated NDP...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in my Department are currently experiencing temporary issues in accessing the ESRI SWITCH Model, which is required to model complex changes to the National Childcare Scheme. Officials will revert to the Deputy directly as soon as possible once access is restored and an accurate estimate to the above scenario can be provided.

Report of Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands: Motion (1 Feb 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...enough way of looking at things, but it relates to the broader education side of things. Deputy Donnelly also mentioned the possibility of a skills audit. A few things come to mind in that regard. ESRI research on the educational levels of people new to Ireland found that, on average, our migrant community here has a higher level of education than we do. There is a high level of third...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Health Promotion (1 Feb 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...plan for options to optimise these supports. On 14 December 2023, the Minister for Health and the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people announced the appointment of Professor Alan Barrett, CEO of the ESRI, as the chairman of the commission. In the coming weeks the Minister and Minister of State will proceed to appoint the other members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: .... Furthermore, a progressive personal income tax system, also plays a crucial role in the process of income redistribution. Our redistributive tax system has been acknowledged by the IMF, the OECD and the ESRI. Finally, it is my view that a broad-based, progressive income tax system, where the majority of income earners make some contribution but according to their means, is the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...EU or OECD country. These systems contribute to the redistribution of income and to the reduction of income inequality in Ireland. Our redistributive tax system has been acknowledged by the IMF, the OECD and the ESRI. In addition, it is useful to examine the tax wedge – a measure of workers labour income taking account of employee and employer taxes less benefits as a proportion...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and in the series of measures designed to limit the impact of the current cost of living pressures. Our redistributive tax system has been acknowledged by the IMF, the OECD and the ESRI. Ireland has one of the most progressive systems of taxes and social transfers of any EU or OECD country. The current structure of the income tax system operates as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...arena that confront us at present. Ireland is known to have one of the most progressive systems of taxes and social transfers of any EU or OECD country. This has been acknowledged by the IMF, the OECD and the ESRI. These systems contribute to the redistribution of income and to the reduction of income inequality in Ireland. A progressive tax system ensures that the burden of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (1 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). This does not, however, mean that the ultimate impact will not be felt by Irish exporters, and the wider Irish economy. Research by my Department and the ESRI from 2019 suggests that, over the medium-term and long-term, the level of Irish GDP under the TCA is expected to be around 2-3 per cent lower, compared to a ‘no-Brexit’...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2024)

...timely, but since 2013 services have accounted for most of the growth in cross-Border trade and were worth around €2.7 billion in 2022 and growing. Last year, research by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, into cross-Border trade showed that goods trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland has risen above the levels expected between two neighbouring economies of this...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Mick Barry: ...representatives met before the announcement was made? Nursing Homes Ireland may promote the image of representing small, family businesses, and while I have no doubt there are small and medium-sized enterprises under its banner, the ESRI has pointed out that, increasingly, nursing homes are owned, at least in part, by big financial institutions. It seems the nursing homes were given a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...week. This affects more than just healthcare for people who are unwell. This week, my colleague Deputy Duncan Smith has been raising concerns about the privatisation of long-term residential care and home care. An ESRI report this month said 15 large private groups now control 38% of the almost 32,000 nursing home beds in the country. That same report says that the Government must...

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Seery Kearney: ...of staff, and many that have only one-third of the intended staff numbers; - the recent Child Law Project Report highlighted the fact that the parents of a child had to go to court to oblige the appropriate treatment of their child; - the recent ESRI report shows that young caregivers receive poorer leaving certificate grades and are less likely to go on to higher education; calls on the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on National Development Plan: Economic and Social Research Institute (31 Jan 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Barry Cowen: I welcome our guests from the ESRI, namely, Dr. Alan Barrett, Dr. Sheelah Connolly, Dr. John Curtis, Dr. Kelly de Bruin, Dr. Niall Farrell and Dr. Kieran McQuinn. Before we begin, I will explain the limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards references witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...the transfer of OneLearning and senior public service training functions from the Department to the IPA and allowing for a significant expansion of OneLearning’s activities across the wider public service; increased grant funding to the ESRI to support its important work; and an increase in the EU bodies technical assistance grant in line with the significant EU programmes now in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (31 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...as part of this work, with the revision to be completed in 2024, providing refreshed targets for the period 2025 onwards. This work will be informed by independent, peer-reviewed research by the ESRI, an update to the ESRI’s previous research, to support the NPF revision and any change to the housing targets and their spatial distribution. The refresh of targets will take into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

...individuals who are very much anxious to get back to work. That is supported by research that has been carried out that shows people do go back to work. Research carried out some time back and referenced by the ESRI found that nine out of ten people who are on replacement rates do actually work. That was also evidenced with regard to the PUP. People went back to work and went back to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Mr. Mark Foley: EirGrid does not create 1 MW of demand. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, produces the economic growth and population growth figures. Government policy produces electrification plans for heat and transport and large energy users are a product of Government policy. We simply report the numbers and our job as a licensed TSO and a statutory authority is to get...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Alan Dillon: I want to bring to focus the role of young family carers. A recently published ESRI report highlighted the challenges faced by young people who are overburdened in their role as carers for parents, siblings or close relatives. The story of a 17-year-old student from the west of Ireland who helps her six-year-old non-verbal autistic brother was highlighted in the report. The young girl...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Pearse Doherty: ...The consequences are the 87-year-old gentleman in Limerick and the hundreds of others who are languishing on trolleys and chairs in emergency departments. The fact is we need 1,000 more hospital beds right now. We need 1,500 more beds by the end of next year and at least 2,500 additional beds by 2030, according to the ESRI. We need a strategic workforce plan to train, recruit and...