Results 21-40 of 45 for pension speaker:Imelda Munster

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Imelda Munster: ...Sinn Féin would have put workers and families first. We would have invested where it is most needed to address the crises we have in health and housing and the cost of living. We would have guaranteed the right to retire on a pension at aged 65. Alongside that, we would have delivered the largest investment in mental health in the history of the State, significantly increased...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: I welcome the chance to speak on this important motion. The State pension age was a significant issue at the time of the last election and it remains a significant issue for thousands of people across the State. Sinn Féin will continue its campaign until the Government's plans to raise the pension age are scrapped and the pension age is restored to 65. The Government plans to raise...

Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Jun 2021)

Imelda Munster: ...those questions. Salaries have increased dramatically. There are irregularities related to salaries in the transition between presidents and no answers in that regard either. There is an ongoing pension probe. There is mismanagement with the president's residence and €4,000 spent on bed linen. It is nuts and it speaks volumes about the manner in which the University of Limerick...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (27 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: ...put into enabling the RSA to tackle those figures is quite shocking given the numbers on waiting lists. I wanted to touch on another matter, if I have time. It was reported last month that the Pensions Authority had warned the trustees of the CIÉ pension scheme that they could face prosecution if they do not come up with a plan to address a deficit in that scheme. Can Mr. Spratt...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Imelda Munster: ...of concern are genuine she might join us and support our call for a referendum on Irish unity to bring about the unification of our country. Then we can have an all-island approach to the pension age and pension rates. As we all know, this was a major issue in the election last February. People made it very clear how they felt about their right to retire at 65. My constituency...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: ...witnesses provide a breakdown of the numbers of high-dependency residents in private nursing homes versus public ones? Do they keep a record of that at all? I refer to medical card charges. Pensioners have an entitlement to a medical card whether they are in a private or public nursing home, though people predominantly raise the private ones with us. If a pensioner is ordinarily...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: ...a limited rebate next year for those who can afford to go on holiday. Worst of all, the scheme excludes more than 700,000 people who are on low pay, those who are carers, the vast majority of pensioners, and people who have lost their work or their job due to the pandemic. All of these people are excluded. It is a shambles, but a cleverly drafted shambles to exclude the maximum number...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Core Bus Corridor Proposals: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Imelda Munster: Ms Graham referred to the NTA not being given an increase. She did not state that under no circumstances would the NTA consider banning pensioners or anybody else in receipt of a free travel pass from using their-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (8 May 2018)

Imelda Munster: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, when it is the case that medical card holders of pension age are entitled to State-funded physiotherapy, transport to medical appointments, dressings and other medical entitlements, residents of private nursing homes are required to pay for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20044/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Imelda Munster: ...to cater for the entire town of Drogheda and the surrounding areas of south Louth. There are 124 people on the waiting list at the moment and the estimated waiting time is 44 weeks. An old age pensioner with Parkinson's disease has been told that he will have to wait 44 weeks to be assessed by an occupational therapist. When is the Minister for Health or the Taoiseach going to take HSE...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Imelda Munster: ...'s correspondence. I believe he has let his entire Department down because this is a very serious issue. He said it would be inappropriate to attend but that is a nonsensical statement. The pensions are on a statutory footing and are on foot of a ministerial order so there is an onus on the Minister to come in here and answer questions and he needs to take charge of this. I support the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ Group Pensions: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Imelda Munster: -----but apart from that, the Minister has said that he did not think it would be appropriate for him to be here. That is a ridiculous statement to make, given that the Minister is in charge, the pensions are on a statutory footing and he has a legal obligation to ensure they are upheld. Mr. Dermot O'Leary referred to the 16,000 people who will be dependent on CIÉ pension schemes. Any...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Imelda Munster: I seek an update on the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017. The Pensions Authority wrote to the Committee of Public Accounts this morning to say that in 2009, it told CIÉ that its workers' pension schemes were no longer in compliance with statutory instruments. Despite that, the Pensions Authority allowed CIÉ to ignore its statutory requirements and gave it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (15 Feb 2018)

Imelda Munster: 2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he plans to take further to concerns that have been raised by unions regarding CIÉ pensions; when his attention was drawn to the underfunding of the pension schemes; his plans to remedy the matter; the reason CIÉ was in a position to disregard a ministerial directive; and if an independent investigation into the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (15 Feb 2018)

Imelda Munster: What action does the Minister intend to take on the serious concerns raised by the unions about CIÉ pensions? Will he confirm when the underfunding was first brought to his attention? What plans has he to rectify that, and will he explain why CIÉ was in a position to disregard a ministerial directive?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (15 Feb 2018)

Imelda Munster: In 1994, an agreement was reached between CIÉ employees and the company to amalgamate the five pension schemes, which allowed the group to remove a potential €73 million pension deficit from its books. In return, the employees were assured by the board of CIÉ that it would guarantee the solvency of the pension schemes each year. The company by and large stuck to that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (15 Feb 2018)

Imelda Munster: The Comptroller and Auditor General told the Committee of Public Accounts that this was a statutory rather than a private pension scheme, so there is an obligation there under the law. More than 10,000 CIÉ workers have been left in limbo for the past eight years. They do not know what is happening with their pensions, all because the Government allowed CIÉ to ignore a statutory...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Imelda Munster: Some manners, please. In 1994, an agreement was reached between the CIÉ employees and the company to amalgamate five pension schemes, thereby allowing it to remove a potential €73 million pension deficit from its book. In return, employees were given certain assurances, the first of which was that the board of CIÉ would guarantee the solvency of the pension schemes each...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Imelda Munster: ...order. The issue was raised today in the Committee of Public Accounts by my colleague, Deputy Cullinane. The Comptroller and Auditor General said this was a statutory, rather than a private, pension scheme. There are legislation and statutory instruments. The Minister knows what "statutory" means - it means responsibility and with responsibility comes accountability. The Government has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Imelda Munster: ...me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that this charge is against EU regulations. If so, why is Iarnród Éireann charging people? Aside from those who need assistance gaining access, does that charge also apply to pensioners in receipt of a free travel pass who, for whatever reason, decide to book in advance? If they had someone with them to assist them on and off a train,...