Results 1-6 of 6 for pension speaker:Pauline O'Reilly

Seanad: Rights-Based Care Economy: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...taken really seriously not just in the spending but also the kind of legislation that is being passed. Recommendation 3 of this motion calls on the Government to provide access to the State contributory pension for those in receipt of carers' allowance. Just this morning at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands,...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...in the workforce or where policy is made, and they have not been represented in that full sense. The asks are fairly modest, but underpinning it all is a review of how we are doing things. That is not too much to ask. Pensions are something in which there has been massive inequality for those who take time off work to stay at home, whether for a short or long period. Nobody can say...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Administration (29 Mar 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...to come back and say that these school secretaries, who are key members of our school's staff, are going to have to wait until September with no job security over the summer months. Not only that, but pensions for school secretaries were not included in the pay deal. This morning I spoke to a school secretary who has been employed for 23 years and has no pension coming to her. When we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...has been brought to my attention and, no doubt, to others in the Seanad and the Dáil is that older persons are very concerned about costs. The measures being introduced will ensure older people living alone and pensioners will receive additional support, as will families with children, lone parents, low-income families, carers and those on disability payments. The commentary on this...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...must get the constitutional piece right. I ask the Minister to ensure that is done as quickly as possible. It is a commitment in the programme for Government, which also includes a commitment to ensure that family carers have pension entitlements. The Minister has followed through on that commitment and I understand we will see that in place by 2024. The majority of those who care in...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...to see faster action on other areas, such as the roll-out of GP visit cards. What flows from all this and where gender comes back to play its part is that carers are not entitled, as of right, to a pension. I hope, as a member of a Government party, that the commission on pensions will report soon and we will see action on that. As with many things in this country, there is also a...