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Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (6 Feb 2007)

Micheál Martin: The following table supplies the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the details of contracts carried out by Indecon, Economic Consultant since 2000. 2001 Name of Consultants Purpose of Consultancy Total Cost for Year Was the Contract advertised in a transparent way? £ Indecon/Enviros Consulting Limited Forfás Commissioned a study on the Competitiveness of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (21 May 2013)

Joan Burton: Indecon International Economic Consultants were retained, following a tender process, by the Department of Social Protection in 2012 to undertake an evaluation of the JobBridge scheme. Indecon has not been retained for any other purpose. As the price submitted by Indecon was submitted as part of a competitive tender process and is considered commercially confidential, I will not disclose the...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017) See 7 other results from this debate

Mr. Brendan Gleeson: What Indecon did was look at a whole range of issues, including business development, including the coming on stream of new products like commingling, including finance, including online platforms. All of those issues were covered in the Indecon report. The proposition of Indecon, and it seems to me it has been borne out by experience, is that even with this new...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

...the financial sustainability of the current structure and model is challenged. There is no doubt about that. The accounts of recent years make that case plainly. That is the whole purpose of the Indecon economic assessment. That was set out in our strategic plan. We have asked Indecon to look at the industry's footprint, the population catchments of stadia, the dog pools, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

...Brendan Gleeson: That is a good question. I remember having a long discussion with Deputy Ó Cuív in the context of Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, about the number of board members. We commissioned Indecon to examine this and it recommended eight. There is no magic significance to eight, other than if the board is too big it becomes unwieldy. Indecon's view was that the board at...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Indecon report which was published in July 2014 contained 27 recommendations, including a recommendation that a plan for asset disposals should be implemented. The Indecon report included Harolds Cross greyhound racing facility in the list of potential asset disposals. The report also stated that the timing of these asset sales should be made in a manner which maximises the value for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (11 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: Following the publication of the Indecon Report in July 2014, Bord na gCon submitted an action plan with timelines for implementing the 27 recommendations in the Indecon Report dealing with governance, finance, regulation and welfare. Bord na gCon has assured my Department that it has assiduously followed up on the undertakings included in its response to the Indecon Report. As part...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (21 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: The entire paragraph (Indecon Report, 2012 “Review of Certain Aspects of the Irish Horse Racing Industry”, Indecon 2012) from which the Deputy has quoted reads as follows:“At present, the Irish Exchequer allocates approximately €30 million per annum in subsidies to the sector, in addition to receipts from Betting Duty. Despite the economic contribution of the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. For budget 2006, Indecon took on a review of property-based tax incentives and, on page 32 of the report, it said, "The options of financial institutions, auctioneers, and accountancy tax professionals regarding the effect of the property-based tax incentives as well as other analysis undertaken by Indecon suggest that, in addition to increasing investment and projects, the tax...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (17 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Indecon report which was published in July 2014 contained 27 recommendations, including a recommendation that a plan for asset disposals should be implemented. The Indecon report included Harolds Cross greyhound racing facility in the list of potential asset disposals. Following the publication of the Indecon Report Bord na gCon submitted an action plan to my Department with timelines...

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Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management (19 May 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to discuss Benefacts. I will read from the conclusions of the Indecon report: “The overall benefits of the Benefacts’ service are likely to be in excess of the costs”. It also referred to a need for more specialised data and expanding on the service. Indecon’s analysis reads: “The methodologies used by Benefacts are appropriate and are in line with...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Sep 2015)

Mr. Alan Gray: Thank you, Deputy. I think the relationship of the Indecon research economists with the central ... with the Department of Finance or with the Taoiseach’s Department, or any other Government Department, would be seen very much as an independent view on issues and I often say to some of my economists that if someone is looking for a view rubber-stamped they will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry Funding (14 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Indecon Report Indecon Consultants were commissioned by my Department to undertake a review of certain aspects of the Irish horse racing industry. The terms of reference provided to Indecon did not extend to the greyhound racing industry. The Indecon Review consisted of an in-depth analysis of the legislation, governance structures, funding and management of the horse racing industry in...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)

John McGuinness: I am going to interpret and I want the opinion of the witness, that is all. If one looks at the Indecon report it reads like something that should be done in business anyway and there is nothing in it if you had a company that acknowledged how business should be done, how one would want to do it and was open and transparent and so on. The Indecon report sets that out. What was it within...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Remit (14 May 2015)

Simon Coveney: Following the publication of the Indecon Report in July, 2014, Bord na gCon submitted an action plan with timelines for implementing the 27 recommendations in the Indecon Report dealing with governance, finance, regulation and welfare.Bord na gCon has assured my Department that it has diligently followed up on the undertakings included inits response to the Indecon Report. Indecon suggested...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motions (26 Nov 2013)

Andrew Doyle: To clarify, Senator Ó Domhnaill mentioned in his earlier contribution an Indecon report from 2004. There was another Indecon report in 2012. To which report does the Senator refer?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Michael Murnane: That will be agreed. As I said, there was mention of the Indecon proposal. There is a timeline planned in the Indecon proposal and that will be part of the timeline plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Mr. Edward Gus Ryan: We are in favour of Indecon. We partook in it and had a big input into it. There were many people at it. We are in favour of the Indecon report. We are not in favour of closing tracks. Harold's Cross may not be the only track.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: The Indecon report was clear, in that a large part of the board had to be concerned with marketing. The 2016 Indecon report recommended increasing the size of the board if someone with that skill set needed to be included. Why is there no one who is dedicated to marketing?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (6 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: Earlier this year I commissioned Indecon Consultants to undertake a Review into certain aspects of the Irish Horse Racing Industry. Indecon considered inter alia legislation, governance structures, funding and management of the horse racing industry in Ireland. Regarding funding the Report resulting from the Indecon study supports additional and sustainable funding for the development of...