Results 21-40 of 81 for pension speaker:John Lahart

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: Am I correct that all State pension payments come from current resources and there is no reserve fund specifically for it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: It was stated that the ratio of those in receipt of State pensions to those at work will narrow. On the other hand, we hear that the population is going to rise to 6 million by 2050. This suggests that there will be many births and much immigration, probably for labour reasons. Is it innocent of me to ask whether the figures can be substantiated? On the unknowns, as the delegates were...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: ...did not have visual contact earlier but I was able to listen to the meeting. One of the findings that has been consistent since we started discussing this topic is that the introduction of a State pension rate that is a percentage of a certain average – one of the witnesses mentioned 34% of earnings - has been regularly discussed since the 1990s and in the initial presentation from...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: ...good salary but I also have a very significant mortgage like many others. The energy bill piece, whereby the Government is giving a €100 rebate to all electricity account holders, is like the index-linked pension increase. Everybody gets that, regardless of their need for it. I could think of many ways in which that €100 could have been distributed a little more fairly,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: If we were to index link State pensions, is there an argument for connecting the taxation system generally in an indexed way for ordinary salaries pre-pension runs? I may not have articulated that well. If we were to index State pensions to the average industrial wage, or whatever else is connected to that, in the economy, is there an argument for indexing taxes for the ordinary individual...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

John Lahart: I get how index-linking State pensions works. How would index-linking tax increases work?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pension Provisions (20 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will receive their full pension entitlements from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2753/22]

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: ...of healthcare. However, there is no aspect of Sláintecare that is not virtuous. I was lucky enough to go to and graduate from college. When I got my first job, my parents' advice was to take out a pension and private health insurance. It was part of the DNA. I never thought I was gaining superiority over anyone else. I just assumed it was something that everyone did and to...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

John Lahart: ...about rebalancing this. It is important for the Minister to outline the economic context that initiated this process. Entities such as the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, and indigenous pension funds such as An Post that invested in some these organisations. I am of the view that so much momentum has now been gained, particularly in the apartment construction sphere and in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (7 Oct 2021)

John Lahart: 33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status and timeline for the introduction of a pension auto-enrolment system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48636/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (22 Sep 2021)

John Lahart: ...savings interest account, SSIA, scheme developed to try to stop people spending and to put some of their money away so that it would not boost the economy. There was €20 billion in the National Pensions Reserve Fund which helped to reduce the impact of the crash, although not by much. We have no such measures in place at present. They mentioned human resource shortages and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Jul 2021)

John Lahart: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the outcome of calculations of all new State pension contributory applications from April 2019 who were assessed under all possible rate calculation methods including the new total contributions approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (30 Jun 2021)

John Lahart: ...details of a universal basic income for all artists; when it will be introduced; the groups it will include; if it will include age groups in receipt of other State entitlements such as the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021)

John Lahart: 365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pension recipients who had attained over 40 years of pension contributions, over 41 years, over 42 years and so on up to a maximum in other words, someone who might have worked since 16 years of age to retirement age the number of those there are in Ireland in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2020: Discussion (20 May 2021)

John Lahart: ...I also ask Mr. Downes to follow up on the equality budgeting piece. Is there an opportunity to integrate the metrics regarding the implementation of the public sector duty into the public service pension reduction, PSPR? On green budgeting, which has also become a staple of the way we move forward, does the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform provide reasoning for its own choice...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (18 May 2021)

John Lahart: That is very welcome news. At present, as the Minister knows, the social welfare rates, including the State pension, are determined as part of the annual budgetary process. There is no explicit link between the State pension rate and earnings or prices. This means the real value of the rate can change from year to year, depending on the general cost of living and the economic context. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (18 May 2021)

John Lahart: As the Minister knows, many people are heavily reliant on State pension payments. Future pensioners yet to come on stream are uncertain as to what rate of pension they will get. I acknowledge what the Minister said about the increases. I support all those increases, but they are legislated for and are not anticipated. They are not something people can count on. I urge the Minister, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (18 May 2021)

John Lahart: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to benchmark pension rates to salaries and inflation, as contained in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26252/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pensions (18 May 2021)

John Lahart: ...I ask the Minister to please convey the thanks of the constituents of Dublin South-West. In the context of my question, I ask the Minister to outline the status of the commitment to benchmark pension rates to salaries and inflation, as contained in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025, and to make a statement on the matter.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (13 May 2021)

John Lahart: ...when the apartments were completed that none of them was to go for sale on the open market and that all of them would be rented. That must be close to four years ago. I believe it was an Irish pension fund that invested in them. Strategic housing developments are a tantalising prospect for investment funds. We now see that some of them are applying the same rules to residential...