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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Gerard Craughwell: ...career in the Defence Forces having been commissioned into the State. It is absolutely diabolical, however, that within ten years most of them will have left the Defence Forces because of the 2013 pension, which has destroyed public service. The 2013 pension was brought in by civil servants who had well-heeled pensions themselves and were well looked after by the State. They destroyed...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Sharon Keogan: ...by two weeks to nine weeks from August 2024. The sick pay entitlement increased from three days to five days per year in January of this year. In October of this year, PRSI is set to increase by 0.1%. Auto-enrolment is a new pension scheme for certain employees who are not paying into a pension; they will be automatically included in the scheme but can opt out after six months....

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...that the very first expectation is that the company should be profitable and cash generative, maintaining financial policies and capital structures, and taking account of future obligations, including pensions, that facilitate the payment of dividends to shareholders, and maintain a level of headroom to have sufficient liquidity and financial flexibility to protect loan covenant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is on the correct rate of teacher's pension; if there is any other pension or benefit available to the person from the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16785/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...the course of the year. The decision to retire is a personal decision with most teachers choosing to retire before their compulsory retirement age, which is provided for under the rules of the pension schemes. In the first instance a teacher must notify their employer, the Board of Management of the School, or the relevant Education & Training Board (ETB), of their intention to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and a resolution found for the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16776/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (17 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the widows' or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or co-habiting couples and the judgment of the Supreme Court on 22 January 2024; the expected timeline in terms of the legislative changes that are required in respect of this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16782/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions. The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an Invalidity Pensions appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 12 April 2024. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions. While the Deputy’s query refers to an application for Invalidity Pension, I can confirm that my Department has not received an application to date for this scheme in respect of the person concerned. I confirm that my Department received an application...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I arranged for an in-depth consideration of the alternative AE proposal referred to by the Deputy. While my own officials looked at it carefully, I also referred it to the independent Pensions Council for its assessment. The Pensions Council is an independent statutory body of pension experts drawn from the legal and financial world and its statutory role is to advise me on what it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024) See 15 other results from this debate

...’s report was broadly supportive of the principle of indexation. NERI’s view is that indexing all social assistance payments to various appropriate benchmarks, including child, working age and pension payments and the income thresholds for benefits is the most efficient way to design the welfare system if we are genuinely serious about ensuring adequacy and eliminating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

...have comprehensive data - also including stuff like how it is impacting employment and how many people are able to return to work, how many people need to access disability allowance or invalidity pension and how many people have been forced to retire - these are all points that will inform us. If we have that comprehensive information to see where the trajectories are, then we can plan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

...from those who are on jobseeker’s allowance and who qualify for social insurance contributions. This should be rectified and recipients on the farm assist scheme must receive social insurance contributions for pension purposes. Strengthening pension provisions for farm assist scheme recipients contributes to the sustainability and resilience of rural communities. The farm...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Bríd Smith: My very last point is on the retired workers themselves. I have introduced a Bill to amend the Industrial Relations Act to give retired workers the right to be represented where their pensions have been interfered with. It is shocking to think that they can say nothing, as happened during the austerity years to all our public sector workers, particularly those in the semi-States. In goes...

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: ...that it does, and does so regularly. Interestingly, we passed some legislation in the wake of the Zalewski case to ensure fair procedures. We have only done it for the WRC and Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman. However, there are a huge variety of quasi-judicial bodies that it would seem are simply built on sand and at risk of collapsing and being thrown out by the courts for a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: ...austerity levels, or even pre-2009 cut levels, are a disaster for workers and those relying on the services. There are no pay protections, no pay parity, no pay equality, no job security and no pensions or other benefits that their public sector counterparts receive. It is an absolute disgrace. Kevin Figgis of SIPTU stated, "The night we agreed the deal [in October 2023], the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Convention on Human Rights (16 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...of Europe are as follows: Ireland’s Council of Europe Mandatory Contributions (2023): 2023 Amount (€) Ordinary Budget € 4,419,764.76 Pension Reserve Fund €606,656.57 Extraordinary Budget €88,304.22 Pension Scheme Adjustment ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (16 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected the CIé 1951 pension deficit will be resolved, in order that CIé pensioners will receive pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16043/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (16 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update with regard to a pension that is owed to a former employee of the OPW (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15993/24]