Results 21-40 of 219 for pension speaker:Marc MacSharry

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (26 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision on an invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49083/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (26 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a decision on an invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49090/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: Okay. I will tease that out further in parliamentary questions. Regarding more financial incentives, there is the bike to work scheme but what about pensioners, retired people, non-workers and children? Are financial incentives being considered for them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: I know, but if I am a child I do not pay tax and if I am a pensioner I possibly do not pay tax either.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: ...were over 80 years of age were in receipt of an incorrect rate of payment. Why was that the case? Are they doing the wrong thing? Presumably most payments to people over that age are for State pensions, contributory or non-contributory.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Marc MacSharry: How could that be miscalculated? People will have the pension since the age of 66 or perhaps younger. How could the Department be making that kind mistake? Is it the officials or are people over 80 contacting the Department and giving wrong information? How is that happening?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Data (6 Sep 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 1776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of applicants who receive the full rate of old age contributory pension in tabular form; the number qualified for the maximum payable rate of contributory pension in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to 30 June 2019; if they were male or female; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34780/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (5 Mar 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a decision in relation to an application for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10220/19]

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Marc MacSharry: What about invalidity pension or disability allowance?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (27 Nov 2018)

Marc MacSharry: 574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have a decision on their invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49123/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (18 Oct 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo was refused the fuel allowance even though their combined income from their State pension (contributory) and disablement benefit is under the weekly income limit of €343.30 in order to qualify for the free fuel allowance; her plans to amend the operational guidelines for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Parliamentary questions are not answered in that way. If one asks the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection a parliamentary question related to pensions, it is answered from Sligo. If one asks something to do with the Saolta hospital group, it will probably be answered from Galway. Telecommunication is instantaneous.

Public Accounts Committee: Engagement with Nursing Homes Ireland (14 Jun 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Is that money taken from people's pensions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...the Labour Party, Independents or whoever else in government, it very specifically gives a sense of false political ownership of what are ultimately people's entitlements. I recall one for the invalidity pension some time back. It does do that. That is the thing that started me off on this particular issue. In terms of the various advertising campaigns, Mr. Fraser said in his report...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...complexion it deserves. Since its establishment, the strategic communications unit has used a new tagline, “A Government of Ireland Announcement”. The first announcement I heard was on the disability pension. It amounted to a dishonest abuse of taxpayers’ money to give the complexion of political ownership of the people's entitlements. It was wrong on every level....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I see a reference to deferred pension. Will Mr. McCarthy explain that to me?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)

Marc MacSharry: If I have a private company and I identify my pension liability, can I put it in my accounts under this standard as a deferred pension, based on notional profitability?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Does that mean it does not come up for them, even if there is a hole in the pension fund?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...care professional council promotes standards of professional education, training, competence and so on. It is a clear audit opinion, but it states, attention is drawn to the non-recognition of pension costs and liabilities.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (6 Feb 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...was subsequently replaced by a carer's allowance, will be awarded home caring credits for the period that they were receiving the PRA under the new total contributions approach for calculating pensions in recognition of their caring role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5342/18]