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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: This morning I raise a particular issue for probably the third time. It relates to compulsory purchase orders, which are a very serious issue for any community but in particular for the farming community. I raise an issue that is ongoing for ten years. It is ten years since the first liaison officer was appointed by Galway County Council to inspect a person's land on 10 September 2014. In...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: The witnesses are very welcome this afternoon. I apologise that I was late coming in. I have a huge interest in this area. I requested that they come before us and I thank the Chair and the clerk for organising it. I am listening to the contributions and I have briefly gone over the documents. However, I cannot sit back and wonder why my request was not initiated on the first day...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I fully take what Ms O'Neill is saying, but consider a parent who did not have access to education as a child and does not have that one good person to support them and their advocacy and does not know their rights because their literacy is poor. There is no family resource centre in Ballinasloe to help. That parent is at an immediate disadvantage until someone somewhere flags up that that...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: But if I am a principal and I have said no and said I am full and now I have the community link worker, I am hardly going to throw myself under the bus and say, "Actually, I refused."

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: But how is the child identified? I am trying to figure out how the child gets identified because we have capacity issues now in our early years sector, so perhaps the child has never got the Tusla support to even attend a local crèche. Where does the child, from an education point of view, get identified and flagged? That is the piece I want to know.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: To finish, it is important to acknowledge that you absolutely cannot compare Tuam and Ballinasloe at the moment. I find it shocking to believe they are actually poles apart, but Ballinasloe is not unique. I talk to people in Clare. Being a Senator now, I am for the entire country; I am no longer constrained to east Galway, which is the most wonderful part of-----

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes. I am in that unique role. Anyway, from talking to people, I have found that feuding has been an issue, as has kids not being identified. Strategies are great but implementation is powerful. It is a matter of the implementation of that lived experience, and that lived experience comes from the families themselves. We have already identified - it has been said numerous times - their...

Seanad: Sport: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Chair and welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank him for being here. Several weeks ago, I said I would like to have the Minister with responsibility for sport to come to the House for statements. The whole purpose of my request was that over the past five years, more than €500 million has been handed out to clubs up and down the length and breadth of the...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for the presentation this morning. I have three short questions and perhaps a little bit of explanation. I have read the statement and I have listened to the contributions. Could Mr. Duggan confirm the fee structure for members of the plan? Will it be based annually on the AMC or is it combined with a fixed fee? If you do not mind, Chair, I will get the responses as...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: To build on that point, will the same fee structure be adjusted for members depending on the amount of funds they contribute to it? Is it the same cup of coffee for people regardless of whether they are on €20,000 or €80,000? How is the fee adjusted?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: It will be adjusted depending on the fund size.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: In relation to taxation, how will the member's fund be treated upon death?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Is it subject to income tax or not?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Further to last night's discussions in the Seanad regarding the bereavement Bill which is passing through the Houses, does the treatment differ depending on whether the beneficiary is a spouse, a child or another relation?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I should have said in my initial contribution that I want to thank the witnesses for the work they have done. It is great to have it in the programme for Government. It is wonderful to have the Minister behind this and it is good that the witnesses acknowledged that previous Ministers have been full square behind getting this delivered for people. It is important, so while I might ask...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Duggan for clarifying that, it is very welcome. My next question relates to what Mr. Duggan said earlier about the Revenue assessments. Will Revenue be working in tandem with the Department to say how many people are contributing to occupational pensions at the moment? I know it was said there are approximately 700,000 people who might have no pensions at all and this will be...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: To explain it a bit better, it is meeting the minimum requirements I ask about. You could have an occupational pension and be 55 years old but you might not be meeting your minimum requirements. Can Revenue see whether contributions within the occupational pension will meet the minimum requirements to support the person on retirement?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: The Department and elected representatives have worked to ensure we are at this stage. Is Mr. Duggan concerned that over the six years, there will still be a gap for those in occupational schemes if their employer is not gradually partaking in it? I will not use the term "cliff edge", but is he concerned there will still be a sizeable amount employers will have to bridge to bring their...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to the Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme: Department of Social Protection (16 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Duggan.