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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (21 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., Minister McGrath, informed Government of his intention to commission an independent review of the distribution of National Lottery related funding to Good Causes. After a competitive process, Indecon Consultants were appointed to carry out the review. The essential purpose of the review is to reinforce the sustainability of the National Lottery as a source of funding for good causes into...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ms Susanne Rogers: I will respond some of those. We had the Indecon cost of disability report. Time has lost all meaning but I think it came out in 2021.

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: ...and hospitality services, we need to make sure we stick with those sectors to make sure they can grow themselves back to full throttle again. People with disabilities have always suffered. This was well flagged in the Indecon report, which stated that anybody with a disability has an additional living cost of approximately €12,000 per year. We do not take this into account...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...use of their facilities and services. My department and Pobal have been working on the restructuring of the CSP since the publication in 2020 of the report on the independent review of the CSP by Indecon International Economic Consultants. The redesigned programme was introduced from January 2023 with a new funding rate allocation model, to replace the existing flat rate model. The CSP...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (9 Feb 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. It was published in December 2021. The report identified that additional costs of disability run across a number of areas of expenditure including housing, equipment, aids and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

...keeping people in the their own homes following an acquired disability or a disability progressing. The maximum amount needs to be increased. The income thresholds can also be a real issue. We have the Indecon report on additional costs of disability, where there is evidence of additional costs of €270 per week. That needs to be reflected across the board. It needs to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...to assist as many students as possible to obtain one qualification at each level of study. The Scheme operates in the context of competing educational priorities and limited public funding. The Indecon Review of the Student Grant Scheme had some commentary regarding flexibility in the criteria for the student grant scheme in areas of critical skill shortage reflecting graduate entry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline Tully: ...mentioned that the income for a family carer is less than €20,000 per year. Is she including the cost of disability when she talks about that figure? The Cost of Disability in Ireland report by Indecon recognised that the average cost for a family with a disabled member is anything from €8,000 to €12,000 per year. I was contacted by a man the other day who said it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Murphy: ...public service, information is important for making good decisions. In fact, if I remember rightly, the point that good quality information delivers or assists with good governance was made in the Indecon report. That is the point I have been trying to make throughout our discussions on this issue. I ask that the committee make those two requests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Pauline Tully: ...data on autism and disability in general. I, therefore, welcome the research she has done. I will ask her about one figure there. She says it costs approximately €28,000 per family. The Indecon cost-of-disability report produced more than a year ago indicates that a family with a disabled member usually has an additional cost to the family of anything from €8,000 to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Harness Racing Association (IHRA) is a representative body for Harness Racing in Ireland. My Department funded the Indecon Review of the Irish Harness Racing Sector at a cost of some €57,000 in 2017 and a five-year Strategic Plan for the IHRA at a cost of some €64,000 in 2018. In addition, from 2016 to date, grants totalling some €175,000 have been paid to the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...of their facilities and services. My department and Pobal have been working on the restructuring of the CSP since the publication in 2020 of the report on the independent review of the CSP by Indecon International Economic Consultants. The redesigned programme will be introduced from January 2023 with a new funding rate allocation model, to replace the existing flat rate model. ...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (14 Dec 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: ...knows well, disability is strongly associated with poverty. People with disabilities are twice as likely to be unable to afford to heat their homes, for example. Previously, I quoted the study compiled by Indecon on behalf of the Department of Social Protection that found the cost of having a disability is estimated at between €9,482 and €11,734 extra per year, on top of...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...the cost-of-living crisis, income supports for family carers were inadequate to support low-income households and those who are, for example, caring for a child with an intellectual disability. We know from the Indecon report that there are significant costs associated with care. An affected household might be incurring additional weekly costs of €244 compared with a similarly...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Verona Murphy: ...ten. That is a welfare issue. What safeguards are in place? How much is being spent on them? That must be known for legislators to endorse what the lottery is doing. Has Mr. Algeo seen the Indecon report?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (7 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Irish Harness Racing Association (IHRA) is a representative body for Harness Racing in Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) funded the Indecon Review of the Irish Harness Racing Sector at a cost of some €57,000 in 2017 and a five-year Strategic Plan for the IHRA at a cost of some €64,000 in 2018. In addition, from 2016 to date, grants totalling...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: In 2018 Indecon, on behalf of the Department, undertook two detailed reviews into the Local Employment Service (LES) and Job Clubs.  These reviews made a series of recommendations on the design and operation of contracted public employment services. In 2019 my Department commissioned an independent review of the provision of employment advisory services,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (29 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The Indecon cost of disability report identified that additional costs of disability are a wider issue than income supports and run across a number of areas of government. These include housing, equipment, aids and appliances, care and assistance services, mobility, transport, communications, medicines, and additional living expenses. The cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (29 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Pauline Tully: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions that she has taken to implement the recommendations within the Indecon cost of disability report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (29 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...and households unaffected by disability, it may be possible to incorporate this capability in time. In order to get a better understanding of the cost of disability the Government commissioned Indecon International Economic Consultants to carry out independent research into this area last year which led to the publication of the Cost of Disability Report in December 2021. The Government...