Results 81-87 of 87 for pension speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (2 Mar 2017)

Peter Burke: 307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the pension agreements with the Irish Greyhound Board, IGB, have not been honoured and the parameters changed for an organisation (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: 214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a widow in receipt of a widow's pension and rental income is exempt from paying PRSI. [38711/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: ...it is not targeted at all homes. If it applied to all homes, price increases would result. This is a good article, which is written subjectively and goes all through all aspects of the scheme. Pension relief is another example of the benefit being disproportionate to the incentive provided. We can quote different economic indicators, economists and classical economics but it does not...

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: ...is no doubt that we would like to do a lot more. Any Government would like to do a lot more. The Government is in a very difficult position as the fiscal space available is very tight. We have to ensure that we help those in most need. The expansion of the pension to bring in our carers, our blind, our widows and people with disabilities was a very important move by the Government in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2016)

Peter Burke: There is an unhealthy lack of competition. I wish to elaborate on two other points. Should the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, EIOPA, be taking the lead role in achieving a consensus on regulation throughout Europe? The Governor of the Central Bank has responsibility for regulating the insurance sector in Ireland, but how can a consensus be achieved across Europe...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (12 Jul 2016)

Peter Burke: 321. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing pensioners to buy out local authority houses using social protection payments under the tenant purchase scheme in cases where sites were originally provided by tenants to the local authority to build on as was the case in older social housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (17 May 2016)

Peter Burke: 519. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied). [10081/16]