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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...to see the rationale of ceasing to use Benefacts, a large database for the not-for-profit sector, which has many streams of funding, that brought some transparency to that sector. Has the Indecon report into Benefacts been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas?

Seanad: VAT Rate for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...or to improve their cash margins. If it is the latter, the question is whether this is the most effective way to support businesses with their energy costs at this time. Evidence in the report submitted to Fáilte Ireland by Indecon indicates that the previous VAT reduction for the tourism and hospitality sectors was not passed onto consumers. This is simply to state that it is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: ...after there would be war. We have brought in a huge amount of measures this year that are one-offs. Whether we can afford to keep them is the question. I think of the disability sector where the Indecon report said the additional living costs for people with disabilities were between €7,900 and something like €12,000 per person, based on 2019 prices. This year we have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 40 and 72 together. As stated in the 2021 Indecon Cost of Disability report, measures to address the additional costs of disability should be based on a multi-faceted approach involving increased cash payments, enhanced access to service provision and specific targeted grant programmes. The report also made clear that the cost of disability has implications...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (13 Oct 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. It is very clear that the findings in the research have implications for many areas of public...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 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. Therefore, it is very clear that the findings in the research have implications for many areas of public...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (13 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The Indecon Cost of Disability report (2021) 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. It is very clear that the findings in the research have implications for many areas of public...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies (13 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ...Departmental Consultative Committees and all may attend the NDIS steering Group meetings. In relation to the Report the Deputy has referred to, the Department of Social Protection commissioned Indecon to carry out research into the cost of disability in Ireland. The report produced by Indecon was published in November 2021. It provides an analysis of a range of additional costs faced by...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...something meaningful this year in that they would be linked to other extra payments. They did not get that linkage. They got their once-off payment but that will not bring them very far. The Indecon report said enough. It stated that people with disabilities, as we all know and did not need an Indecon report to tell us, have many extra costs. That should be acknowledged. I do not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Gambling Sector (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McGrath: ...arts and culture, sport and recreation and various voluntary, community and local activities. Therefore, to help sustain the contribution of the National Lottery into the future, I commissioned Indecon to carry out a report on the current allocation of national lottery funding to and its utilisation by Departments. Among other things, Indecon was asked to: examine best practice in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Employment Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...from the public 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 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: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Frances Black: ...people. This country is failing young people who are disabled, who are from disadvantaged backgrounds, who suffer from mental health difficulties, who are LGBTQ+, or who are lone parents. We know from the Indecon cost of disability report that households with disabled persons face additional annual costs of between €8,700 and €12,300 and that the bulk of these costs are...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Lynn Ruane: ...to afford to feed their children, whether pensioners will be able to heat their homes and whether people with disabilities can afford the additional items they need to survive. On disability, we know from the Indecon cost-of-disability report that households with disabled persons face additional annual costs of between €8,700 and €12,300 and that the bulk of these costs are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Michael McGrath: ...on the time taken to finalise the Review based on an overall annual cost of €44,460 Review of the Process for the Distribution and Utilisation of National Lottery Funds Internal with support from Indecon Consultants €44,280 IGEES Analytical Notes Internal by staff of the Dept No additional cost ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...out by the Department of Social Protection Report was done by officials within the Department. Nil additional financial cost to the Department of Social Protection. 13. Strategic Review of the Abhaile service. Indecon Economic Consultants €99,445 14. Report on arrangements for cohabiting couples in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...x20ac;29,224 University of Galway, School of Law Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) / Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) in the area of litigation costs to the State: this aims to identify and cost alternative models for litigation. Q4 2022 €168,326 Indecon International Consultants Independent Review of the Offences...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: A report was carried out by Indecon. It very clearly said that, if this was going to be replaced, there should be an interim measure in place because this information is required for good governance. The CSO is very fussy about its information and rightly so. Some of the statistics in respect of the Garda have even been put under qualification because there are concerns as to their...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...audiovisual sector. Each year that we do not introduce a content levy the Irish audiovisual sector loses out on a minimum of €25 million in additional investment according to an analysis by Indecon. We must do all we can to nurture Irish creative talent and opportunities for Irish casts, crews and audiences. I am a great believer in supporting Irish and supporting local and this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

...in Ireland's wider non-profit sector. Some key statistics for our sector include combined annual turnover of more than €14.5 billion. In a 2018 report published by the Charities Regulator, Indecon estimated that total direct, indirect, and induced value of the impact of the work of Ireland's charities exceeds €24 billion. All charities work for the public benefit. This...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: ...disabilities, the expense of their disability has been costed. The additional cost of living with a disability without any other supports is up to €10,000 to €12,000 per annum as stated in the Indecon report. No matter what is going on, it is high time that we actually start the process of recognising this by giving people with disabilities the money to deal with the...