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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (21 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...Code requires that if after 40 days the complaint has not been resolved to the customer’s satisfaction, the regulated entity must inform the consumer that they may refer their complaint to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO).

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on consideration of changes to legislation to address the inability of consumers to make complaints to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman with respect to vulture funds as a result of gaps in its regulation. [22787/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (21 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: The Standard Fund Threshold (SFT) is the maximum allowable pension fund on retirement for tax purposes, taxable in the normal manner, which was introduced in Finance Act 2006. The regime achieves this by imposing an additional tax charge on the value of retirement benefits above set limits when they are drawn down. The SFT limit was initially set at €5 million when it was first...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (21 May 2024)

John Brady: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the Government’s response to a judgment in respect of the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22510/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (21 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek an increase for CIÉ retired pensioners who have had no pension increase since 2008; if he will engage to seek an increase for these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22960/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (21 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...;3,750. Employee Tax Credit (PAYE employees) The Employee Tax Credit is available to individuals in receipt of income taxable under the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) system. This includes wages, benefit-in-kind, occupational pensions and Department of Social Protection (DSP) income. Certain foreign wages and pensions may also qualify for this credit. The Employee Tax Credit is equal to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (21 May 2024) See 5 other results from this answer

Marian Harkin: ...the FEMPI measures; the categories of people, whether professional service providers or otherwise (including public servants), who have and have not had the FEMPI reductions in their salaries, pensions and payments reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22821/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a contributory state pension and if their contribution record can be provided. [22431/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...people make PRSI contributions at Class S which does not provide entitlement for illness benefit. In cases where an illness may continue for a prolonged period, disability allowance and invalidity pension are long-term illness related payments which might be more suitable. Illness benefit is funded by the Social Insurance Fund through PRSI contributions. The Fund is central to our...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she remains committed to meet the formal benchmark target of 34% of average earnings for State pension contributory payments as per the Government's ‘Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023'; if she has a timeframe to meet this target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22518/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 May 2024)

Michael Creed: 396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant (details supplied) will be approved for the maximum State pension (contributory). [22760/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: ...Back to Work Enterprise Allowance 1,887 Back to Work Scheme Family Dividend 2,107 Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds 4,110 Blind Pension 961 Carer's Allowance 96,597 Carer's Benefit 3,987 Child Benefit 671,931 Daily Expenses...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Adult Total € million € million € million Social Insurance Schemes State Pension (Contributory) € 25.44 € 2.49 € 27.93 Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Con) Pension ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...million in 2024. The purpose of this payment is to assist these households with their energy costs. Only one allowance is paid per household. The Fuel Allowance is paid to social welfare recipients such as pensioners, people with disabilities, lone parents and the long-term unemployed in recognition of their long-term financial dependence on their social welfare payment for all or most...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has made significant improvements to self-employed people's access to social insurance schemes in recent years, including extending access to invalidity pension, jobseeker's benefit and treatment benefit to the self-employed. These improvements are part of the Government’s stated aim of creating a supportive environment for entrepreneurship, including providing an...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...shown in the the table below. Recipients by DSP Scheme Payment Frequency Recipients as at end December 2023 2024 Estimate for Average Recipients PENSIONS State Pension (Non-Contributory) W 100,201 98,131 State Pension (Contributory) W 506,724 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Table 1 - Maximum Personal Rates of Payment 2023 & 2024 Personal Rates of Payment 2023 2024 State Pension (Contributory) 66yrs & Over €265.30 €277.30 Widow/er's/Surviving Civil Partner (Con) Pension / Deserted Wife's Benefit 66yrs...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (21 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: 416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a foster carer of more than 20 years, but with less than 520 contributions, can access the new long-term carer's pension route to allow them access to a State pension in their own right and name; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22959/24]

Neighbour Disputes (Vegetation) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...contested an election in 1987 so I have come across this on several occasions. It is not the be-all and end-all. We have many more important and pressing issues but if you have a tree that is 60 ft high, having been only 20 ft when you moved in first, and the woman next door is a pensioner who does not have the wherewithal to cut it back, what is your recourse? You could bring her to...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...for orthodontic appointments. Now, the HSE is actively encouraging patients to bring their children to the North for treatment under the cross-border directive. 2 o’clock We are sending our pensioners to Belfast for a 15-minute cataract operation because we cannot do them for years, while people waiting for knee, hip or other such appointments have a choice between years of...