Results 13,241-13,260 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: That is right.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Senator Cullinane should listen to the resident social welfare expert and she will explain.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Senator Cullinane is correct.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: This provision is what is called a saver clause. It ensures people on existing pensions will not be affected by the increase in the requirement for contributions. Were the section not to be included, pensioners in receipt of both contributory and non-contributory pensions, but for the most part the former, would find they would need 520 contributions. The increase in the number of...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Essentially, because of the deficit in the social insurance fund and, more particularly, because we have more older people who thankfully are living longer, all Governments of all parties, dating back to the early 1990s, have sought to have people make increased levels of contributions to contributory pensions in the social insurance system. This is in order that when they become older,...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No. I will explain when the Senator has concluded.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Yes, from 27 December.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No, December 2013.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: They will keep signing on.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No, that is wrong. The number is 260 with effect from 27 December 2013.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: I will deal with the changes to the numbers of contributions required for widow's, widower's and civil partner's contributory pension. There are 113,860 people in receipt of a contributory pension at a cost of â¬1.3 billion to the State. There are about 2,000 people receiving non-contributory widow's, widower's or civil partner's pension at a cost of â¬19 million. We spend a relatively...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: The conditions applying to the widowed parent's grant which amounts to â¬6,000 on the death of a spouse are unaffected by this measure and will continue as they are.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: They stay the same.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: To qualify for widow's, widower's and surviving civil partner's pension, the spouse or civil partner must have made 156 contributions by the date of death or before reaching 66 years of age, whichever is the earlier, and have an average of 39 paid or credited contributions in either the three or five years before the death of the spouse or civil partner or before reaching 66 years of age, or...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: It is new. It does not affect existing people receiving a payment under the transitional measure.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: No.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: We are working on it.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Joan Burton: Yes, very long.