Results 4,521-4,540 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: I was speaking about the cost of the self-administered pension schemes, of which there are 6,500 involving hundreds of millions of euro, which neither the budget nor the supplementary budget have touched. Not only are people able to get tax relief on earnings of â¬5.5 million but when they retire they can take â¬1.3 million out tax free. That is an outrageous situation for the Minister to...
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: It was on foot of a question in the European Parliament.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: They wrote asking what action the Minister had taken.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: They were not satisfied with the Minister's reply.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: They are pursuing the Minister on it now.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What is the Minister actually saying to them about it?
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: No, the Minister was asked about it. The Minister is responsible for pension policy and she was asked about it.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What does the Minister mean by "a particular case"? It is not a particular case. I am asking what she is doing about her responsibility.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: No. It was about the Minister's responsibility on foot of the Brussels judgment.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister not think it is relevant and that she should get it?
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: How can she decide pensions policy if she does not know what they say?
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: I have asked the Minister several times to explain the reason she is introducing this legislation in such a rush. Why is it necessary to complete it tonight rather than next week or the following week? What is it about the Bill that will not hold for two weeks, which would give Members time to give it adequate consideration? I ask her again to clarify the impact of the proposals on...
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What is the legal advice on that?
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister for Finance stated the advice available to him was that he could not interfere with existing pensions for Deputies who, as former Ministers, continue to receive pensions.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: He stated he could not interfere in the matter. Issues arise in the area of pension rights and property rights.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister for Finance proposing to introduce legislation to deal with existing pensions or future pensions?
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: It will deal with existing pensions.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: The measures proposed in this legislation will affect the terms and conditions of existing pensions.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Under the present-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Yes.