Results 1-3 of 3 for indecon speaker:Lynn Ruane

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...to afford to feed their children, whether pensioners will be able to heat their homes and whether people with disabilities can afford the additional items they need to survive. On disability, we know from the Indecon cost-of-disability report that households with disabled persons face additional annual costs of between €8,700 and €12,300 and that the bulk of these costs are...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...this evening. I will start by welcoming the Bill and the strong reforms it will implement to the governance of the greyhound racing sector. Much work has gone into the Bill before us. I recognise the 2014 Indecon report commissioned by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the 2015 report on the industry by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Lynn Ruane: ...? Obviously, I welcome any increase in the area of lone parents but what has to be critiqued is the fact that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection only yesterday published the Indecon independent review of the amendments to the one-parent family payment since January 2012. This should have been published weeks ago so that it could have informed the budget. I...