Results 21-40 of 87 for pension speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: ...O'Niadh Minister Simon Coveney 04/09/17 to 03/09/22 Dr. Maria Fitzgerald Minister Simon Coveney 10/07/17 to 09/07/22 REMUNERATION - Personal Pension Contribution (PPC) Non-Personal Pension Contribution (Non-PPC) Chairperson €204,630 €194,399 Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: 1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify in relation to the contributory pension application that before home caring credits can be added to an application that an applicant needs to have a minimum 520 paid contributions and if this is discriminating against those home caring for periods in the past who now do not qualify for the full...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (26 Apr 2022)

Peter Burke: ...for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanism that is in place to ensure that periods spent in the home caring for children can be recognised by her Department when the contributory pension is being assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (22 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider a scheme of retrofitting for the elderly who rely on the State pension and do not have access to funds to have works completed or to secure a loan. [14294/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

Peter Burke: 605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the State pension by a minimum of €15 to assist the elderly with the rise in the cost of living, fuel costs and carbon taxes. [14262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: ...for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the situation in which a co-habitating couple who are not married or in a civil partnership are not entitled to claim the widow's pension on the death of one of the couple; her views on whether there is an anomaly to qualify for the (non-contributory) widow's pension given that the assets of the cohabitating couple are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant for State pension (contributory) who has been unsuccessful in their application due to the failure to reach the minimum requirement of 520 full paid contributions can now reclaim the portion of employee contributions paid in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10556/22]

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: ...are being delivered at scale. There is a cross-Government approach in the way we have supported the most vulnerable in our society to defray the cost of living increases. That goes from increasing the State pension at a time when inflation was not as high to more targeted measures like the fuel allowance payment and our drugs payment scheme. These support people on the front line who...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: .... This programme includes a contribution to the Local Government Fund of €225 million in 2022 to support the local government sector in providing a range of essential services at local level, including assistance towards increased pay and pensions, costs arising under national pay agreements, local property tax equalisation payments and important local government initiatives across...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (8 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to remove the exemption to pay PRSI on supplementary pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6005/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: ...all local authorities in the State receive at least this minimum funding level to ensure they can deliver services. The LPT funding baseline is linked to previous General Purpose Grant amounts and Pension Related Deductions retained by authorities in 2014. Exchequer funding is also required to ensure every local authority receives at least its baseline funding. Two-thirds of authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (27 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: ...report for Government. Through the Local Government Fund, my Department also provides local authorities with their Local Property Tax (LPT) payments, a contribution towards their pay and pension costs and support for a number of smaller schemes including part of their fire and emergency services. Local retention of LPT began in 2015 and since then the overall principles and...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: ...manage alone. This is not a peculiarity to our cost-rental proposals but a feature of all mature cost-rental systems. Limited equity returns may attract non-State investors with a long-term view like pension funds providing for the retirement of workers and investors with an emphasis on environmental, social and corporate governance. Limits on returns will be informed by the 3.5% to 5%...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: ...on cost-rental by the banks is quite significant for new homes. The Minister has spoken about the limited return. We have heard Deputy Ó Broin and others say that they want to get low-risk pension funds that can plan a modest return into the market because that will deliver more quality, cost-rental homes which are sustainable and whose rents are reasonable at below 30% of market...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (2 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the pension payment for elderly persons (details supplied). [29910/21]

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Peter Burke: ...communities. The initiative brought together national government, local government and the community and voluntary sectors to ensure practical supports, like the collection and delivery of food, meals, fuel, medication, pensions and other essential items, would be in place at a local level. Each local authority established a Community Call forum to co-ordinate this locally. This brought...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (25 Nov 2020)

Peter Burke: ...of the unique circumstances of the COVID-19 supports provided to the sector in 2020 this represents an increase of 20% on the 2019 provision of €187.377m. This increase arises mainly from the contribution towards increased pay and pension costs resulting from the unwinding of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) legislation and relating to the Public...