Results 1-20 of 21 for pension speaker:Paul Donnelly

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...Following on from that previous question, the Parliamentary Budget Office showed two consecutive years of real wage decline in 2022 and 2023. Projections now indicate that workers relying on State pensions and other welfare supports will be worse off at the end of 2024 than when this Government came to power in 2020. I wonder if this information matches up with the research of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (27 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 20 February 2024; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of those vacancies; and when each vacancy will be filled, in tabular form. [8866/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...query the pay-as-you-go system. What can we do to bring down costs for people because we are talking about the most vulnerable? Those on pay-as-you-go tariffs are people on social protection payments or pensions. The most vulnerable people are paying the most. They are paying substantially more than people who can, in some ways, afford to pay a little bit more. That needs to be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants currently being processed within her Department for the State pension contributory. [49293/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...that Government decisions benefit the better off, while the poorest are falling further behind. In our budget submission Sinn Féin allocated €1.6 billion to increase core weekly payments for pensioners, carers, people with disabilities and others who depend on social welfare for a wide range of reasons. The Government has allocated just €1.1 billion. That is half a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...or another European country. It talked about a setting up a company or a not-for-profit state-controlled company that, essentially, employed people as carers. This meant there was holiday pay, respite and pensions and so on. It is a really interesting idea that the state would take on the role as an employee of people and give them recognition that this is work, and it is people who are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...that they have previously provided, for the simple fact that they do not have the staff and cannot get them because the likes of the HSE and Tusla are recruiting at a much higher grade, with proper pensions and conditions, and all of those things related to working in the public sector. The others in the community and voluntary sector are providing that public service. The Government...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...Wheelchair Association yesterday. One of the issues they raised was the loss of personal assistants, PAs, and the difficulty in trying to get more. Some of this has to do with pay parity and pensions for workers in sections 38, 39, 56 and 10 bodies in the charity and voluntary sector. These skilled workers are voting with their feet and leaving in their droves, while others are not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made for invalidity pension in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of applications made that were refused, in tabular form. [23099/23]

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I was canvassing last week in the Navan Road area, which is in my constituency, and I met Mary who is a pensioner. She and her husband have a very modest income after a lifetime of work. She said that she keeps the heating off and uses a blanket to keep warm when watching television. Mary showed me a bill of €800 for gas and one of €500 for the ESB. She said she managed to...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...ten minutes. I ask every Member to support the motion. There is no doubt people are struggling to pay their bills and are at the pin of their collar. There is no doubt we need a spring bonus for pensioners, workers, families, those on social welfare payments with disabilities, carers and lone parents. Our citizens are dealing with record fuel bills and rents. Some renters are paying...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff (27 Sep 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full-time staff vacancies by job title in the Financial Services and Pension Ombudsman as of 19 September 2022; the full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when each of the vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [46835/22]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed).: Departmental Funding (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...been calling for multi-annual funding for years. Proper financial support is essential for project management. Staff retention is difficult and most staff are on year-to-year contracts with no pension entitlements or job security.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (14 Dec 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a supplementary pension. [61968/21]

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Deputy Bríd Smith for bringing forward the Bill. Like other Deputies, I have received many representations over the year regarding pensions and pension entitlements. The core issue for retired workers relates to where significant changes are made to the pensions of retired workers but those workers are unable to influence, and find it difficult to participate in, the decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Blind Person's Pension (3 Mar 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the threshold for receipt of the blind pension paid by her Department will be reassessed for artists and musicians given that their work is precarious and can exceed the limit some weeks but be far below for consecutive weeks at a time. [11955/21]

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ...Central Bank to draw up and enforce regulations to govern the ban; require the Central Bank to draw up a code of practice that can be used against insurance companies by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in the courts; and allow the Central Bank to sanction insurance companies that continue to use dual pricing. Everyone who has spoken today has outlined the experience of...

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...drivers back to work. As we see from the statistics, many drivers are in the older age group. They may be over 70, and some are over 80, and have no income other than their taxi driver income and pension. A financial package should include a temporary weekly subsidy similar to the wage subsidy given to employees. Grants need to be made available for fixed costs and modifications to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Jul 2020)

Paul Donnelly: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their pension entitlements since retiring from Connolly hospital in January 2020 on health grounds. [14449/20]