Results 881-900 of 7,447 for speaker:John Brady
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)
John Brady: In fairness, I would like to give a little context to the questions.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)
John Brady: Perhaps that is not acceptable to the Chairman. I am not sure how he runs his meetings here-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)
John Brady: -----but that is normally the way I do my business. I give a little context before I lead into the questions.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)
John Brady: I will ask the questions when I have finished putting them in context. We know the impact the changes have had. and we know approximately 5,200 people are receiving reduced jobseeker's payments. Unfortunately, that motion fell. We know the changes introduced in 2012 have impacted on over 36,000 people, who are now receiving lower payments than they would have received had they retired in...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)
John Brady: On that point, increasing the retirement age to 66 and leaving it there was a serious mistake on the part of the Department. People were forced to retire at 65 and sign up to a jobseeker's payment. The cost of reinstating the State transition pension is in and around €84 million, but abolishing the mandatory retirement age would dramatically reduce that I think. Perhaps the...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (18 May 2017)
John Brady: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of reducing the necessary PRSI contributions to qualify for a State contributory pension from 520 to 260. [23652/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant (18 May 2017)
John Brady: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of doubling expenditure on the reasonable accommodation fund. [23653/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (18 May 2017)
John Brady: 160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the disability allowance by €20. [23654/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (18 May 2017)
John Brady: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the State pension by €20, €25, €30 and €35 respectively. [23655/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (18 May 2017)
John Brady: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of restoring all working age payments for those under 26 years of age to the full rate of €193. [23656/17]
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: I welcome the Minister and the officials from the Department. I will begin with a similar question concerning administration. I note the Minister's remarks about JobPath and his acknowledgement that it comes under the spending under this subhead. There is a lack of clarity and information on JobPath and constant rhetoric and comments about commercial sensitivity surrounding it. To find...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: Last year, I asked the Minister about the abolition of the bereavement grant. I think he was a bit bewildered. He did not think the bereavement grant had been abolished and told me that there were three payments, which is true, but there was a specific bereavement grant that was abolished. I raised the matter last year during the Estimates process. The Minister questioned it but the...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: Sorry?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: That is how the Minister appeared last year when I asked the question. I could use many other words but bewildered is the probably the most-----
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: The Government did. A total of 36,000 people had their pensions cut.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: They did.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: Yes. On the last point, in essence we have compulsory retirement. While I am familiar with the court case the Minister referenced, prior to that there have been many other court cases that ruled the other way. The difficulty is the EU legislation was introduced back in 2012 is open to interpretation. That is the difficulty here. While I note the recent court case, there have been many...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: The Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016 has reached Committee Stage.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: They all are?
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (18 May 2017) John Brady: We are going above and beyond most of our European colleagues.