Results 27,141-27,160 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would be useful because this parliamentary question response is on the Official Report of the House. I take that very seriously. If it is as Ms Harrington outlined and I have no doubt it is, the record would be corrected and the House would be informed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not talking about the case here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The question was generic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is important because a person with adult and child dependants in that employment would suffer a huge loss of income because he or she will lose the family income support as well. That going to finish presumably. People cannot get family income support if they are on jobseeker's benefit. They will lose the wages and they will go to flat rate jobseeker's benefit. The committee will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I used to have this argument in Departments. The average size of a farm and the average size of a person. If I had a very tall Minister and took the average size of a person and if we both could only get the size that fitted the other person, the clothes would not fit us. If it is only 5%, it is not much of a cost to sustain their incomes for families which is very important, particularly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know it is not the purpose of this but this increase in pensions was mentioned in the briefing we got. One point I cannot get my head around is the fact that from an actuarial point of view, the best value is the self-employed at 4% compared to the 14% for employees. It is by far the best even when it was purely pensions because pensions are the most expensive contingency the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is the rate going to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: So it is only going up at the same rate-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is a bit surprising because an actuarial analysis would show you-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Even when it was purely pension, the advice from the Department that on an actuarial basis, it was much better value. If somebody who was self-employed earning €100,000 and paid 4%, it was much better from an actuarial point of view than if he or she was earning €100,000 and the employer and employee were paying 14% between them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is Mr. Duff sure it was not 2011?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was €350 and then went up. My understanding was that the commission that looked at the pension age recommended that 75 go up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On a technical point, Mr. Duff is saying it is going up from 1 October, which I thought was a funny date to pick because lots of people do their accounts from 1 January to 31 December. When they do the calculation, for example, for their tax return for this year, will they have to calculate what profit and loss they have and if it is on the calendar year, will they have to calculate what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will never understand the number of crinkles we create in the system. It is petty stuff that you would play around with, particularly for people with very small incomes from self-employment. It is mind-boggling, particularly for those who are doing manual accounts, many of whom are in the small fishing and farming community who do not always have computerised accounts system. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Social Insurance and Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit Provisions) Bill 2024: Department of Social Protection (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes but it will hit someone sooner rather than later.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Dualgais Reachtúla faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (1 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá beagán iontais orm faoi sin sa mhéid is go bhfuil agus go mbeidh an bunachar is fearr ar fad de sheoltaí ag an Revenue de bharr go bhfuil sé ag bailiú cánach ar na foirgnimh agus tithe ar fad. Cén bhaint a bhí ag an mbrainse logainmneacha sa Roinn cultúir le seo ar fad?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Dualgais Reachtúla faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (1 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: De réir mar a thuigim, réitíonn an brainse de chuid na Roinne na leaganacha údarásacha Gaeilge don tír uilig agus déanann an tAire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán na horduithe agus tá siad sin oifigiúil ansin. Sin sin. Ní féidir leis An Post nó éinne eile iad a...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Dualgais Reachtúla faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (1 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cén chaoi a bhfuil An Post ag sárú feidhmeanna an Aire chultúir ag é ag leagann síos na leaganacha oifigiúla de na hainmneacha seo? Cén údarás atá ag An Post a bheith ag athrú na n-ainmneacha seo? Is í sin an cheist a chuirim.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Dualgais Reachtúla faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (1 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Would these be urban or non-urban Gaeltacht areas because in most rural areas, tá siad ag úsáid na bailte fearainn agus tá leaganacha oifigiúla de déarfainn 100% acu sin i gceantair Ghaeltachta? Go deimhin féin, tá obair déanta i roinnt ceantair Ghaeltachta beagnach ar na carraigeacha agus ar ainmneacha na ngarrán, gan trácht ar bhailte...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Dualgais Reachtúla faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide (1 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cén fáth gur 94% atá ann? Shílfeá nuair a thabharfadh údarás áitiúil cead d'eastáit tithíochta nua, go gcaithfidís, ó thaobh cead pleanála agus mar sin de, ainm Ghaeilge chomh maith le ainm Béarla a chur ar fáil ar an eastáit.