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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Heather Humphreys: ...double payment in December, a cost-of-living bonus payment in January and a €12 increase in the maximum personal rate of weekly disability payments. The free travel scheme is also being extended. The Indecon report on the cost of disability identified that additional costs of disability run across many areas of expenditure, including housing, transport, health and education....

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: ...are discouraged from working for more than 18.5 hours per week and are required to provide 35 hours of care for approximately €6 per hour at the basic social welfare rate. They are often forced to give up work because they have to provide care full time. They incur additional costs in providing that care. The Indecon report stated that the cost of living with a disability is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Kelly: ...crisis. It will be like nursing homes, which, with our demographics, will be a massive crisis we need to prepare for, as will childcare. I know all about the changes, the independent review done by Indecon, the plans to set up a new agency and all of that. Dr. Brooks does not need to tell me about any of that because I know it all. We have been told about it and I am aware of it. I...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Mick Barry: ...the reality of life for people with disabilities. The Minister made the point that there had been a €29 weekly increase in payments over the past three budgets. However, other Deputies referred to the Indecon report on the cost of living with disability, which in today's terms is between €10,000 and €14,000 per annum. Minor incremental increases like that do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Mark Flanagan: In 2018, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine got Indecon to do an in-depth report into the viability of this industry and whether there is room for it to grow and what it is like in the rest of the world. That was a very positive report and it is the benchmark for all things that we do and that the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine does. It...

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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...Scheme users and projections for future trends in student numbers, as well as analysis of the likely impacts of different pricing policies, the projections in the attached table have been prepared. In the Phase 3 report Indecon developed projections for the Review of the School Transport Scheme. All options project the total usage of mainstream service to peak in the short terms before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Ms Barbara Mulhall: Yes. There would be a lot of data used from our own Department. For our own mapping systems, which the planning building unit would use, there would be data from the CSO. Indecon did the cost-benefit analysis for us as part of the phase 3 reporting. There is data from Bus Éireann as well and other Departments. We also did an extensive stakeholder engagement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (10 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...aspiration of the scheme. However, on all occasions when the matter was formally examined to date, concerns in this regard were not borne out by the review data. Studies carried out by Indecon Economic consultants found that the main driver of house prices was the mismatch between supply and demand rather than the existence of the scheme. Similarly, the review by Mazars in 2022, found...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Role of Disabled Persons Organisations and Self Advocacy in Providing Equal Opportunities under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Implementation: Discussion (8 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...shopping online and cannot return the empty bottles easily. I recommend that all disabled people automatically receive a medical card, free public transport and a cost of disability payment as outlined in the Indecon cost of disability report published in December 2021. Employers need to create an inclusive environment where all staff are given opportunities to reach their full...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (5 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Eoin Ó Broin: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish the Indecon report commissioned by the Department into the land value sharing tax that was discussed by officials during the pre-legislative scrutiny hearings with the Oireachtas Housing Committee during May 2023. [10569/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...aspiration of the scheme. However, on all occasions when the matter was formally examined to date, concerns in this regard were not borne out by the review data. Studies carried out by Indecon Economic consultants found that the main driver of house prices was the mismatch between supply and demand rather than the existence of the scheme. Similarly, the review by Mazars in 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (30 Jan 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...organisations concerned from other sources, for example, from income generated from the use of facilities and services provided. Following the independent review of the CSP programme in 2020 by Indecon International Economic Consultants, as part of the restructuring process, a needs-based, differentiated funding allocation model was introduced from January 2023, as an alternative to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: ...Department of Education chairs the group. The National Policy Group steered the development of a coherent, long-term strategic framework for lifelong guidance addressing the recommendations of the Indecon report, the OECD recommendations on skills and the key messages arising from the National Consultation on Lifelong Guidance. The National Strategic Framework for Lifelong Guidance and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...) side. The status of the port, and whether its current status potentially inhibits its development, was considered in a strategic review, commissioned by the Department of Transport and carried out by Indecon Economic Consultants. Their report concluded that the creation of an independent port authority would be extremely difficult, given the port's complex legal structure. Instead,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...or disability impairs or restricts a person’s capacity to work. My Department also provides a range of employment supports for disabled people who want to work or who are working. The Indecon Cost of Disability report identified that additional costs of disability run across many areas of expenditure, including housing, transport, health, and education. The report did not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 920 and 922 together. The Indecon Cost of Disability report was prepared following an extensive consultation with disabled people and disability stakeholders. This included one of the largest disability surveys ever undertaken in the State. The report identified that additional costs of disability run across a number of areas of expenditure including housing,...

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

Simon Harris: ...by Longford-Westmeath ETB in Mullingar. Housing for All:We have progressed work to enact the Construction Safety Licensing Bill, 2023 to enhance certification and regulation of construction sector skills. Adult Career Guidance: In line with the recommendations of the Indecon Review of Lifelong guidance report and the OECD Ireland Skills Strategy Review (2023) which have identified the need...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies (13 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ..., transition and continuity planning, and risk management. This work will culminate in a fully costed full agency design and implementation plan which will be presented to Government for approval. Indecon International Consultants have recently been appointed by my Department to carry out this work. The implementation of this reform programme will likely require considerable lead-in...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...meeting regulatory and quality requirements. Since 2020, the number of childminding officers (CMDOs) based in the City and County Childcare Committees has increased from 6 to 22 FTEs, one in every county. Their role is to directly support childminders in all aspects of their business. It is hoped that the new regulations will be ready for implementation, and registration open to...