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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Indecon Cost of Disability report highlighted that there is not a single typical ‘cost of disability’; rather there is a spectrum from low additional costs to extremely high extra costs of disability, depending on the individual circumstances of the person concerned. It also highlighted that the cost of disability is significantly broader than the income support system and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Cost of Disability in Ireland report was commissioned by the Minister for Social Protection and was prepared by Indecon International Research Economists. It was published by the Department of Social Protection in December 2021. It provides important evidence of the additional costs that people with a disability face. The Report has implications for many areas of public policy. As...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...difficult, in that Sport Ireland is not the sole provider of funds to Horse Sport Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is involved as well. Has Dr. May seen the report by Indecon International that was commissioned by the Department Agriculture, Food and the Marine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disabled People's Organisations and the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (1 Jun 2023)

.... Along with many other DPOs, including Disabled Artists and Disabled Academics, DADA, we have emphasised that that should cover the additional cost of disability, shown to be up to €12,000 in the latest Indecon report. Our disability allowance, medical card and free travel pass should not be affected by taking on grants or precarious employment. We recently formed a coalition of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

...ones - of the proposals and adjust the proposed legislation, if necessary, to ensure it is equitable and workable at a practical level and not an impediment to future housing supply. Last, we suggest that the Indecon report is published to allow various stakeholders to understand the arguments behind the changes to the proposed tax and contest them through future discourse and various...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Seán Canney: ...? People are very anxious to know. This is not about the cost of living as a result of inflation and the war in Ukraine. This is about the cost of living with a disability, as set out in the Indecon report.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Indecon report highlighted that there is not a single typical ‘cost of disability’; rather there is a spectrum from low additional costs to extremely high extra costs of disability, depending on the individual circumstances of the person concerned. It also highlighted the cost of disability is significantly broader than the income support system and therefore needs a...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Seán Canney: ...that, through the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters and the Department, we will be able to put in place a scheme that will start this year to get that budget going over a number of years. The Indecon report states that the additional cost of living with a disability is in excess of €9,000. A few weeks ago, the Regional Group tabled a motion on transport costs and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (23 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: 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, equipment, aids and appliances, care and assistance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...of medicines, of therapies, of transport, of broadband, of housing or of ongoing living costs such as higher heating costs, where people need to keep the heating turned on permanently at a higher level. Indecon, the consultants that advised on and prepared that report, has stated that what we need to do to respond to it is a mix of things, including income supports, targeted grants and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (17 May 2023)

Pauline Tully: ...is required, especially with the current rise in costs of construction. The income threshold and the means test are problematic and do not reflect the extra cost of disability, which we know from the Indecon report published in 2021, which showed the cost of disability is anywhere from €8,700 to €12,300 per year, depending on the level and severity of the disability. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

...a figure of 30%. The question is whether that is enough to have an impact on landowners and future developers. The Department lacks information. As the Deputy will know, the Department had Indecon examine this matter and Indecon, in its report, indicated that it had very little data and that its analysis was therefore a bit tentative. The Minister is given the power to bring the rate...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Indecon report highlighted that the ‘Cost of Disability’ is significantly wider than the income support system and found that there is not a single typical ‘cost of disability’; rather there is a spectrum from low additional costs to extremely high extra costs of disability, depending on the individual circumstances of the person concerned. Additional costs of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (11 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...research published recently which highlights the significant economic impact that disability and caring has on a family. From the Department of Social Protection’s own research carried out by Indecon in 2021, we see this figure estimated as being up to just under €12,000 per year in additional costs, as was already referenced. Similar figures come from research undertaken...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the objectives of the measure could be achieved and that the process could be operated as efficiently and as fairly as possible. In undertaking an economic appraisal of the proposed measures, Indecon International Research Economists engaged in a process of data gathering to support the evidence-based assessment. This involved information requests issued to local authorities in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

...distance possible and in the most cost-effective way to the largest concentration of the population. On the basis of an up-to-date, thorough and objective review of demand and capacity forecasts by Indecon economic forecasting consultants, Dublin Port is confident of being able to deliver port capacity until approximately 2040, provided it can deliver the three projects already...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (9 May 2023)

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 last year found...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: ...As a member of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters, I want to say a few words about people with disabilities during this debate on the cost of living, the cost of food and everything else. The Indecon report, which was commissioned by the Government, clearly demonstrated that, on average, the cost of living with a disability, is €9,200 per person per annum. The report was...

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Seán Canney: ...approach and all of that, which we do in this House. I respect we must go through processes, but in the meantime, schemes need to be put in place so people have something to cling to. The Indecon report showed that the cost of living for a person with a disability is in excess of €9,000 per annum. That is before the cost of living increases; let us not go there. Why not give...