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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (17 Jan 2024)

Simon Coveney: .... The purpose of the Shared Island research programme is to provide high-quality evidence and analysis on the opportunities, and the challenges, around deepening cooperation and connections on the island. The unit is working with the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Irish Research Council (IRC) and other partners. Research is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...’ under Section 28 of the Planning & Development Act, 2000 (as amended), were issued to all local authorities in December 2020. The Guidelines introduced a standardised national approach, based on ESRI data, to be applied by each planning authority in projecting Housing Supply Targets for each specific six-year period, when reviewing city or county development plans, that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Research and Development (17 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...supports the development of a more ambitious agenda for cooperation and connection on the island. The Government's Shared Island unit is delivering a comprehensive research programme, working with the ESRI, the National Economic and Social Council, the Irish Research Council and other partners. This research is published and focusses on opportunities to deepen cooperation across a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research and Development (17 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...challenges, around deepening cooperation and connections on the island. I understand that the Shared Island Unit works closely with the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Irish Research Council (IRC) and other partners. Research is progressed in consultation with lead Departments. Further information is available at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mary Butler: As Minister for Mental Health and Older People, I welcome the ESRI report: Long-term Residential Care in Ireland: Developments since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The report brings into focus the challenges facing the long-term residential care sector in Ireland which the Government continues to address to provide short-term stability and long-term growth to this sector. Long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (17 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...in August 2020, there were two completed research projects, commissioned by the Shared Island Unit of the Department of Taoiseach, and undertaken by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).These are: Comparison of North South Education Systems: Published in April 2022, this study, based on international and national survey data, administrative data and interviews with policy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: -----the number completed last year, which exceeded the targets for last year that were set in Housing for All. Objective, independent assessments of the ESRI state we will be at 32,500 this year. The target was 29,000. The pipeline for social housing is particularly strong.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...;46m was allocated to UBU funded organisations. I remain committed to building a robust evidence base to inform policy decisions on combating child poverty into the future, having commissioned published research from the ESRI and Maynooth University on the topic of child poverty in recent years, including lone parents' transitions into and out of poverty and the effect of employment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...2023 and the inaugural meeting of the reformed NSC is expected to take place in Q1 2024. National Digital Strategy: The Department continues to engage on the Skills dimension of the National Digital Strategy. The Department is working in partnership with the ESRI on a research programme on Irish Skills Requirements. The first project under the programme examines in-demand skills needs for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: As the Deputy will be aware, I am committed to increasing cross-Border student mobility in tertiary education. I spoke recently at the launch of the ESRI Report on North-South student mobility, and emphasised the importance I attach to this very issue. One of the key issues identified in that report was the CAO points assigned to A Levels, and how the current weighting restricted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (14 Dec 2023)

Simon Harris: ...may be available in any specific college. As the Deputy will be aware, I am committed to increasing cross-Border student mobility in tertiary education. I spoke recently at the launch of the ESRI Report on North-South student mobility, and emphasised the importance I attach to this very issue. One of the key issues identified in that report was the CAO points assigned to A Levels,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...skills system. We can also work on those things. On the destination for third level education, there have been some encouraging things recently. We did a report in the education committee. The ESRI followed with another report. We know what we need to do, including the development of further access here for students from the North and vice versato encourage student mobility. We can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...that at the moment. The information I am getting is that stroke units around the country are under huge pressure. Not funding the strategy is a false economy, basically. We did research with the ESRI in 2010 that showed that out of the direct cost of stroke to the economy of up to €557 million, €414 million was being spent on keeping around 5,000 people in nursing homes....

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Joan Collins: ...three years. That means almost one in ten renting households has been affected under this Government. Those lucky enough to be able to find a new place face extortionate and rising rents. The ESRI has found that almost 300,000, or 54%, of renting households were in receipt of some kind of State support to help with the cost of housing in 2020. The average rent in Dublin is...

Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Malcolm Noonan: ...poverty, the Government is playing a very strong role in addressing child property and, certainly, we have seen in successive budgets that it is regarded by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, as being progressive both in terms of childcare but also in the fact that the Taoiseach has established a child poverty unit within his own Department. That sends out a strong signal...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Frances Black: ...the deepening and widening of income inadequacy that developed this year so it is clear that the core social welfare rate increases this year were, in fact, a real-terms cut. Others have affirmed this. The ESRI this year noted in its post-budget analysis that low and middle-income households are still in a catch-up phase after successive below-inflation increases to social welfare and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Programmes (12 Dec 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...social, cultural and political terms. There have been more than 20 publications so far, with work undertaken by research partners including the National Economic and Social Council, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Standing Conference on Teacher Education North South, and Irish Research Council. The most recent Shared Island report by the ESRI was published on 27 November on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (12 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of significant actions aimed at enhancing project delivery of the NDP. One of these actions was to commission an independent evaluation of NDP priorities and capacity. This work has been conducted by the ESRI, and my Department has recently received the final draft. The evaluation focuses on the capacity to deliver current Government priorities, to utilise sectoral capital allocations, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (12 Dec 2023)

James Browne: ...Regulators, industry participants, health care professionals, Gambling Care experts and other public bodies; - The preparation, approval and publication of a public tender for essential ICT infrastructure; - Agreement with the ESRI on a research programme on Gambling in Ireland, with publication of the first such study on the 20 June 2023 and the second study, on the measurement of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 Dec 2023)

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 scenarios can be provided.