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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

...have a look at it. There was a cross-sectoral agreement on a strategy called Reaching New Heights. We then said, "Fine, if you want more support, we want to look at the governance." We then got Indecon to go in and do a governance report, and it made recommendations about the shape of the board and how people would be represented. At the time, there was a 19- or 20-member board. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023) See 5 other results from this debate

Mr. Paul Hogan: The Indecon assessment addressed this. One of the key changes from the original general scheme to where we are now was to mitigate that risk on foot of Indecon's assessment. We concentrated on the early stage - the zoning uplift - as opposed to the permission uplift. We had intended to roll the zoning uplift and the permission uplift into one. The key change was that by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

...the National Training Fund to increase business innovation and productivity. No. 1 is to introduce a national training voucher scheme to encourage more employers to engage in upskilling and reskilling of their workforce. The Indecon review of the NTF, published in 2019, called for a new innovative pilot initiative to increase in-company training, thereby increasing productivity and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...were represented on the Partnership Process Steering Group, guiding the development of the Partnership Agreement for 2021-2027. The Steering Group oversaw the development of a Needs Analysis by Indecon Economic Consultants, specifically looking at regional development needs, including the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies (RSES). The NWRA were also part of a working group that...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...philanthropy in Ireland and to further develop its potential. Laying the groundwork for this policy began with a competitive procurement process instigated by my Department which commissioned Indecon Consultants to undertake independent research and to produce a report, in August 2021, entitled ‘The Landscape of Philanthropic Giving in Ireland'. In December 2021 my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ... National Processing Unit BearingPoint €136,142 Consultancy to Support the planning, design and configuration of a new pilot customer contact centre Indecon Economic Consultants €99,445 Strategic Review of the Abhaile Service RSM Ireland Business Advisory Ltd €98,400 ...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

Catherine Murphy: ..., including hers, if they wanted to be the parent Department for Benefacts but that the offer was declined. Before the Department declined that offer, was it appraised of the report done by Indecon for the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Pl?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Climate Crisis and Disability: Discussion (30 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...society to mitigate the potentially disastrous effects of climate change. We need to recognise some people have additional needs, for example, around heating for houses. That has come up through the Indecon report commissioned by the Department of Social Protection that estimated the additional cost disabled people face outside of employment. Those costs were estimated at between...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: ...will influence the final reform proposals. The cost-of-disability issue is considerably wider than the income support system and will not be addressed through income supports alone. Indecon, in its cost of disability report, estimated that the overall annual cost of disability ranged from €9,482 to €11,374. Costs vary due to a number of factors, such as age, household...

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Canney: ...As a member of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters, it is important that I say that people with disabilities have a higher cost of living. This is nothing to do with the recent cost-of-living increases. The Indecon report stated that anybody with a disability has €12,000 of additional cost-of-living expenses per year in normal times. While we brought in some one-off...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Youth Work and Integrated Care and Education: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

...a report on the economic value of the sector. It indicated that for every €1 spent on youth services the State saves €2.20. This report, Assessment of the Economic Value of Youth Work, was prepared by Indecon and published by the National Youth Council of Ireland, NYCI. What our sector is lacking is resources to be able to fund this type of valuable information. We know...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Murphy: ...significant ICT development project and would require a whole-of-government approach as well as being subject to Government approval and to the conditions set out in the public spending code. The Indecon report into this whole issue recommended that we not dispense with one database in advance of the other being created. It gave us a figure as to what it costs to set up and maintain such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...that is renewed until the end of the year. We do not know whether the DMA advisers that are doing a huge amount of work in this area will be around next year. It is currently under review by Indecon. I will not read it out, but basically the DMA funding and service was granted until the end of 2023, it is currently under review and we expect to hear an announcement on the scheme. Those...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...across the State and its capital and deposits. Credit unions, perhaps as part of a wider public banking model, could form the basis of much-needed additional SME lending. According to the 2019 Indecon report on public banking in Ireland: Despite the overall levels of new lending there has been a decline in the application rates for bank finance by the SME sector. Application rates for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

...endorse the minority report by Mr. John Shaw, Mr. Liam Gleeson, Ms Oonagh Buckley, and Mr. Kevin Fidgeon, which recommended the setting of fixed maximum costs charges and rates. We look forward to the publication of the Indecon study into legal costs later this year. We will be happy to answer any questions members may have.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...and visibility of the service State-wide. This approach will be fully consistent with the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities (2015-2024) and will build upon the 2016 Indecon Evaluation of the EmployAbility Service and Pathways to Work Strategy 2021-2025. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

...in Ireland than their non-disabled counterparts, while there are many who also experience higher costs in their daily lives as a direct result of their disability, something highlighted in the 2021 Indecon report on the cost of disability, prepared for the Department of Social Protection. The comprehensive employment strategy is a whole-of-government commitment to addressing some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

...;1,850, is also available to carers who are not on a social welfare payment. For those providing ongoing care and attention for a child aged under 16 with a severe disability, domiciliary care allowance is available and is not means tested. The Indecon cost of disability report was prepared following an extensive consultation with disabled people and disability stakeholders. This...