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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...and those with chronic pain. To qualify for fuel allowance one must live alone or with a spouse, in a civil partnership, or with a cohabitant who qualifies the person for an increase in his or her pension or social welfare. For a couple with a qualified adult under 66 the assessable income is €642 and for other couples it is €703.10. I have a case of a retired couple, one...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ...adults will be a carer. A total of 52% of the people who responded were living in a household with a gross income of less than €30,000, struggling to make ends meet, struggling psychologically and struggling to pay their rent or their mortgage. Last week, the Dáil endorsed, although I did not, a pension scheme that will take an additional €40 a week out of the pocket...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (24 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: ...feel it would actually address the pay disparity issue. Enable Ireland has expressed concern the money will not be sufficient to cover all the costs relating to the pay increase, such as PRSI and pension costs. These are ongoing issues that need to be addressed. Many of these organisations get funding only yearly and find it impossible to plan and ensure sufficient funds going...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: No, he is not going to be affected in his pension.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...amendment No. 6, I acknowledge the role played by PhD researchers who are not classified as workers and receive none of the benefits afforded to employees, including maternity leave, sick pay or public pension contributions, including that of the Postgraduate Workers' Organisation that has been organising in universities, demanding their work is recognised. They published a report...

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...threat and we are still persisting with the same policies nationally and worldwide in our investment. We still cannot get a clear commitment from the Government, for example, yesterday, when we were talking about pensions funds and not investing in the arms industry, fossil fuels and so on. Over and over that is what we are facing – a complete misalignment between policy and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (18 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...in the social welfare code, that there are extra costs living on an island but the reality is most of the people referred to in that part of the reply already have medical cards. Mainly, they are pensioners and, as the Minister of State will be aware, for those over 70 years, there is a much higher threshold. They are not the target group. Many people on the islands are young and are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Peter Burke: ...to do that. I will work with employers. As I said in regard to lower paid workers, judge us on the evidence. Look at the minimum wage, which increased by 46%, sick pay, which we brought in, and pensions auto-enrolment. Last night, many Deputies voted against the future pension rights of workers in this economy. We are a Government that protects workers. We have shown and done that....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Consultations (18 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Emer Higgins: ...so where people have very physically demanding jobs, for example. It is also critical for public-safety-critical roles and that is a matter of contract between employers and employees. The Pensions Commission recognises that and Members in this Chamber also need to recognise it. Having said that, this legislation will make it very difficult for employers to enforce a retirement age...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Living Wage (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...a Government of which my own party was a member. This shows we are very committed to employees right across the economy. On an objective analysis, last night we voted for auto enrolment to ensure pension rights to those right across our economy. The most vulnerable will benefit. We also introduced sick pay on a statutory basis, which will also help those on the margins of society. If...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Verona Murphy: ...have great difficulty in recruiting staff because they cannot pay them enough. The staff they are recruiting are at a level when they are not taken on as full-time employees. They have no pension entitlements. They could get a job in Tesco, for example, that would serve them better in every regard. This is where we are at with childcare. Staffing retention and recruitment is at a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...annual increases in Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) over the period 2024 to 2028, intended to increase the sustainability of the social insurance fund (SIF), given the retention of the State Pension age at 66 is government policy and the commitment to introduce ‘Pay-Related Benefit’, a social insurance benefit set to replace Jobseeker’s Benefit. The approach...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (18 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Bríd Smith: 122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 will progress through Committee Stage; if not, how he will ensure the rights of retired workers are protected when their pensions are being altered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17047/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: ..., I have no plans at present to change the scope of the scheme. Further information and guidance regarding the Cycle to Work Scheme can be found on Revenue’s website at the following link: www.revenue.ie/en/jobs-and-pensions/taxation-of-employer-ben efits/cycle-to-work-scheme.aspx

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional current costs he anticipates will be involved in revising the Garda retirement age upward from 60 to 62 years. [17243/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...under Route 5 on the Teaching Council register.Encouraging retired teachers to provide substitute cover. A new communications campaign began recently to encourage retired teachers to return to teaching.The 50-day pension abatement waiver, for retirees returning to work, has been extended for a further two years to the end of 2025.Restrictions on job-sharing teachers and those on a career...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...of the Minister of Justice. Any impact on a payment in respect of absence from the State depends on the conditions of the underlying scheme. Some social welfare payments, mainly contributory pensions and long-term benefits payable under the social insurance fund, are payable while the recipient is absent from the State. Other, mainly short-term and means tested payments, may be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (18 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...or over, who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are living alone. It is also paid to people aged under 66 who live alone and are in receipt of disability allowance, invalidity pension, incapacity supplement or blind pension. It is important to note that my Department already provides a range of supports to the elderly, to carers, and to those living with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

...people, Ireland's Future has been fabulous with the big events, the road show and establishing itself as a very credible actor, also in respect of the research behind the scenes even on things like pensions. If you read the Ireland's Future documents, they are really detailed. The lack of an offer is a big barrier for the unity-curious at the moment. I appreciate the difficulty in...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024) See 12 other results from this debate

Patrick Costello: ...is important to underline the need for these investments to be sustainable into the future. As is often said at climate change protests, there are no jobs on a dead planet. There is no need for a pension if climate change is going to eradicate society as we know it or if it is going to cause such disturbance that pension pots are essentially worthless because runaway climate change has...