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

Pauline Tully: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recommendations have been made by the inter-departmental committee set-up to look at the Indecon cost of disability report; if not, the timeframe for these recommendations to be made; if so, the recommendations relevant to her Department; the actions that she has undertaken to implement these recommendations; and if she...

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

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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (29 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The 2021 Indecon Cost of Disability report identified that additional costs of disability run across a number of areas of expenditure, including housing, equipment, aids and appliances, care and assistance services, mobility, transport, communications, medicines, and additional living expenses. The findings of the research have implications for many areas of public policy. Based on this,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (29 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Indecon Cost of Disability report identified that additional costs of disability run across a number of areas of expenditure, including housing, equipment, aids and appliances, care and assistance services, mobility, transport, communications, medicines, and additional living expenses. The findings of the research have implications for many areas of public policy. Based on this, one of...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...recipients of the Disability Allowance, Blind Pension, Invalidity Pension and the Carer's Support Grant. A number of the measures introduced as part of the Budget also reflected the conclusions of the Indecon cost of disability report. The measures introduced to support people with disabilities in Budget 2023 included: Paid in October: - Cost-of-Living Double Payment, paid to Social...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...have been working on the restructuring of the Community Services Programme (CSP) in collaboration with a Consultative Group, representative of stakeholders, since the publication of the report on the independent review of the CSP by Indecon International Economic Consultants. It is anticipated that the transitioning of organisations currently supported under the programme into the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

...parliamentary questions, he commissioned a review of how we operated the national lottery receipts, how they were distributed and accounted for, and where they went. That review was carried out by Indecon and has been completed. It is with the Minister, who intends to bring it to the Government and publish and implement it. At this stage, I cannot give the Deputy an answer-----

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Pauline Tully: ...figures show Ireland to be the country with the lowest employment rate among people with disabilities, at 32.3%. The Government has committed to addressing the additional cost of disability. The Indecon report, which was commissioned by the Minister's Department, found that people with a disability face a higher daily cost of living, yet measures have not been introduced which would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Pauline Tully: ...point and the supports were maintained for her but disabled people often say to me that it is like their disability has suddenly disappeared. Even when we talk about the cost of disability, the Indecon report that was published a year ago said the cost of disability was anywhere between €8,700 and €12,500 on average, depending on the nature of the disability. Older people...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Post Office Network (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department published a report in December 2019 by Indecon Consulting on an Evaluation of the Concept of Community Banking in Ireland. This was a follow on to a previous paper on Local Public Banking published by my Department in 2018. The Indecon report concluded that there is no business case for the State to establish a community banking system in Ireland;...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...the use of facilities and services provided. My department and Pobal have been working on the restructuring of the CSP, since the publication of the report on the independent review of the CSP in 2020 by Indecon International Economic Consultants. As part of the restructuring process, a needs-based funding rate allocation model was designed for the CSP programme, as an alternative to the...

Report of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters on the UNCRPD: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2022)

Pauline Tully: ...of energy efficiency upgrades. Ensuring independent living for persons with disabilities cannot begin without tackling the consistent poverty that is the experience of many disabled people. The Indecon report places this cost at anywhere between €8,700 and €12,300 per annum, but that is an average range and the figure could be even higher for some people. There needs to...

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022) See 13 other results from this debate

Alan Kelly: ...be satisfied with it, so it is a matter of opinion. There is not enough industry expertise. Take the stadiums, for example. This was referenced in a number of reports, including that compiled by Indecon. Many of the stadiums are in an awful state. I am not sure some of them would pass health and safety. It is an issue that must be addressed and I would appreciate it if there was more...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (8 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department published a paper in December 2019 by Indecon Consulting on an Evaluation of the Concept of Community Banking in Ireland. This was a follow on to a previous paper on Local Public Banking published by my Department in 2018. The Indecon report concluded that there is no business case for the State to establish a community banking system in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Cost of Disability in Ireland report was commissioned by the Minister for Social Protection and prepared by Indecon International Research Economists. It was published in December 2021. It provides important evidence of the additional costs that people with a disability face in their day-to-day lives.  The Programme for Government contains a commitment to use research into the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 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 (8 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...from the public for use of their facilities and services. My department have been working on the restructuring of the CSP, since the publication of the report on the independent review of the CSP in 2020 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Mr. R?n?n Hession: For anyone who is not familiar with it, the cost of disability report was done by Indecon for the Department. It is the biggest survey of its kind ever done in Ireland. It surveyed not just people on our schemes but also disabled people throughout the country to establish the cost of disability. The cost ranges enormously depending on the level and type of disability....

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: ...a once-off payment to people with disabilities; it should be the start of a process by which people with disabilities are given enough money to be able to live. Back in 2019, the Government commissioned a report from Indecon. That report pointed out that it cost between €7,800 and €12,000 for people to live with disabilities at that time. The cost of disability was that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Oct 2022)

Niall Collins: ...broad and a wide range of activities are funded by the NTF, such as apprenticeship, the Springboard Programme and Skillnet Ireland’s Business Networks. The independent review of the NTF by Indecon Consultants in 2018 made a range of recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of the NTF and to reflect the requirements for increased funding for Higher Education and for targeted...