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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: ...getting to know the brief. Is there any way of advancing it or bringing it forward? Why does it take so long to actually get this up and running, seeing as it is such an important agency? The Indecon review was completed in 2021, which is quite a while ago, and yet now we are talking about another 18 or 24 months and maybe another six months onto that. It seems like a long time. Is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and I congratulate him on the work done to date. As noted by the Indecon operating model review in 2021, the sector is characterised by a complex landscape of stakeholders and functions which has led to fragmentation, duplication and inefficiencies. The proposal to establish a single agency is very welcome. Will the Minister be bringing legislation to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Customs and Excise (16 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: ...are considered to be of national significance and must be capable of the type of port capacity required to ensure continued access to both regional and global markets for the trading economy. Indecon estimated the overall value of trade handled by the Port of Cork, based on modelling for 2012, 2023 and 2033 at €13.9 billion in 2012, growing to almost €28.7 billion in 2033....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (25 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: ...the day will find that. People are stuck in traffic, which really kills the town. This has been recognised for many years. The need for a relief road has been agreed for almost a decade. An Indecon economic study was presented to the then Minister for Transport, Deputy Donohoe, by what was then known as the Mallow Representative Group in mid-2015, which found that a bypass for Mallow...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2019)

David Stanton: ...is made, the non-EEA person is entitled to a stamp 4 immigration permission that will allow him or her to work in Ireland without need for an employment permit. My officials are aware of the Indecon report on returning emigrants,its recommendations, and the challenges faced by this group of people as they return to Ireland, which have been articulated well by Senator Lawless. The...

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2014)

David Stanton: ...beneficial effect in terms of leading people away from delinquency and crime. I also raised the need to expand the swimming pool programme. The economic value of sport is interesting. In 2008 an Indecon study concluded that Irish households spent more than €1.8 billion on sporting activities and that sport brings in more than €200 million into the economy per year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (19 Sep 2013)

David Stanton: 92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the National Steering Committee has completed its consideration of the Indecon report recommendations on the JobBridge scheme; her plans to introduce any changes to the scheme as a result, in particular extending it to those on the live register but not in receipt of a qualifying payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38902/13]

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2009)

David Stanton: In 2004, the National Disability Authority and Indecon carried out research into the cost of disability payment. They maintained at the time that there was an additional cost of living payment for people with disabilities of about €40 per week. They recognised that a person with a disability has more costs, because he or she needs extra heating, extra clothes and possibly a special diet...