Results 1-20 of 234 for pension speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail the pension entitlements for An Taoiseach. [17660/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if she plans to review the rules of the supplementary pension whereby, if a person takes up any paid employment of any duration, they would lose the entire supplementary element of their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17687/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Mar 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if former members of the Catholic clergy are entitled to a contributory pension if their bishops did not sign them up on the scheme. [11232/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 347. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the pension/lump sum entitlements of former Secretaries General of her Department. [10180/24]

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...and the mothers and fathers who are in the middle of commuter hell trying to get to work and who are being forced onto bogus self-employment contracts to insulate their employers from having to pay proper sick pay, holiday pay or pension entitlements. None of those issues is being dealt with because we are flooded by the fiasco factory that has continued to produce these problems. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (7 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many employee applications for clarification on PRSI and pension class have been made to scope section; how many are awaiting a decision; and how many decisions have been held due to An Post withholding service histories. [4990/24]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...between the increase in adverse incidents, the increase in damage done to people, and the increase in the money the State is paying out through the State Claims Agency. I have a question on pension issues with An Post. It seems a battle is going on with An Post staff at the moment. Some staff are looking to get clarification on their PRSI or pension class, etc. They are looking for...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: .... I spoke to one woman today who said it is an incredible situation. She suffered sexual abuse and a cover-up by the assailant. The assailant was protected and went on to retire with their full pension while she was bullied out of the forces. She said that nobody came after her looking to see if she wanted to have a complaints forum. The fact that they are sampling here means that the...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...What this means is that people on €70,000 a year will get a reduction of €235 in their tax bill but a person on €20,000 a year will get a reduction of €10 on a tax bill for the whole year. The increase in the pension is lower than the rate of inflation so in real terms that is a net reduction in the income of pensioners. In a clear sign of the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (21 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 179. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure that pay increases due to persons in receipt of a pension from RTÉ will be issued without further delay, as requested by the trustees to her; how many persons are due this pension pay increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40853/23]

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...stroke, have advanced heart disease and for people who are suffering from poor mental health. The Government voted against protections from eviction for young, pregnant mothers and young children and for pensioners. The Government Deputies own that vote and that decision they made. As a result, those cohorts are vulnerable to exactly that in the coming weeks. Last night I asked the...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...from eviction. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party also voted against a tenant who is pregnant or who has a very young family being protected from eviction. The Government even voted against pensioners, people in the later years of their lives, being protected against eviction. Many of those people have no other opportunities for housing and are extremely vulnerable, yet...

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Gerry Clarke, a 77-year-old pensioner from Navan, got a bill for two months of €1,600. Kitty, a woman over 100 years old, from Trim, gets a bill of nearly €1,000. These people are simply the collateral damage of this Government's inaction on the cost of energy at the moment. They are not alone. Right now, a full third of the population is in fuel poverty. That means these...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women who have been cut off the State pension (non-contributory) and QA contributory pensions in each of the past ten years (details supplied). [4259/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: State Pensions (15 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to ensure that families who provide the wonderful service of a foster family to children in need will be given stamps towards their pensions (details supplied). [56289/22]

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...O'Donnell, James Monaghan and Martin McGill. All of them were simply going about their normal, everyday lives, such as choosing an ice cream, purchasing a birthday cake, buying messages for the week, collecting a pension, or visiting a loved one. That normal life was shattered in an instant, one which will last forever. This shocking explosion has devastated families, broken the hearts...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time and backlog in terms of the number of applications for new invalidity pension claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51148/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time and current backlog in terms of the number of appeals for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51149/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...they experience are welcome. However, what schools want is an increase in the capitation grant so that they can actually deal with these costs year in and year out. I also want to talk about the social welfare and pension measures. Many of them are once-off measures. The actual income of recipients has increased in this budget by a figure substantially lower than the rate of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...The big question floating around relates to corporation taxes and how best to use them. Mr. Barnes mentioned the rainy day fund, paying down national debt and, potentially, reviving the National Pensions Reserve Fund. Are large capital projects not a good use of corporation taxes, given that they are typically once off, and they have a big return in the long term to the State? The...