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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...County Council, is a community in terminal population decline. It has seen 21 individuals being integrated into that very peripheral community, six of whom are children in school and four are pensioners. There are 11 others, of whom two have work. Others are studying English lessons in Kilrush. All involved are deeply upset by the letter of notice they received. The owner of the bed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Gavan: ...over the age of 75 have been moved in the middle of the night, between the hours of midnight and 7 a.m, out of the hospital or into a model 2 hospital.The reports from staff are horrific. They see pensioners crying and in deep distress, with no understanding of why they are being moved at this particular time. Nineteen such residents have been moved in the past 90 days. The hospital is...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Heather Humphreys: ...As colleagues will be aware, in recent weeks we discussed the long-awaited auto-enrolment Bill. It is an historic piece of work that will benefit 800,000 workers who currently have no occupational pension and I very much look forward to that Bill's enactment in the coming weeks. Today, I bring forward another landmark reform of our social welfare system in the form of pay-related...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...3In terms of Officers, a school-leaver Cadet - on commissioning as an Officer- is paid €43,654. This is a second Lieutenant position. After 2 years they are promoted to Lieutenant and their pay rises to €48,990. These rates all include pensionable military service allowance, which is an allowance that is paid to all ranks up to and including the rank of Colonel, for the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (2 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...on departing personnel to inform the Defence Forces if they are taking up an employment in the private sector. A high percentage of personnel who leave the Defence Forces do so with some form of pension. This can make taking up a position in the private sector very attractive, where a full-time position, could lead to an increase in an individual’s earnings. I have fully...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...In terms of Officers, a school-leaver Cadet - on commissioning as an Officer- is paid €43,654. This is a second Lieutenant position. After 2 years they are promoted to Lieutenant and their pay rises to €48,990. These rates all include pensionable military service allowance, which is an allowance that is paid to all ranks up to and including the rank of Colonel, for the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...43,222. This is a second Lieutenant position. After 2 years they are promoted to Lieutenant and their pay rises to €48,505. Where a graduate joins – the pay rate on commissioning as a Lieutenant begins at €48,505. These rates all include pensionable military service allowance, which is an allowance that is paid to all ranks up to and including the rank of Colonel,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Budgets (2 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...2024 Revised Estimates Volume (REV) provides an allocation of €1.25 billion in Defence Group funding, an increase of €40 million over 2023. The Defence Vote Group includes the Defence and Army Pensions Votes. The allocations for 2024 are €933 million for the Defence Vote and €317 million for the Army Pensions Vote. This significant level of funding will further...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...to €245 per year for single persons or €490 per year for married couples or civil partners. Reduced rates of USC also apply for persons aged 70 or older where their total income is €60,000 or less per annum. Social welfare income such as the State Contributory Pension and State Non-Contributory Pension are excluded from the calculation when determining if an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (2 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to amend the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 and the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 to give effect to commitments made to provide for an increase in the mandatory retirement age to 62 years for uniformed public servants; if the Government plans to apply...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (2 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: 191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has examined reintroducing a supplementary pension for members of the Defence Forces recruited since 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28165/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (2 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: .... These regulations set out new fines for businesses found breaching rules surrounding tips as outlined in the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022.Commencement of Digital Services Act 2024, giving full effect to EU Digital Services Act in Ireland.The General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024 was approved by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (2 Jul 2024)

James Lawless: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a pension matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27885/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: ...increase of 49% in teaching days provided between the 2021/22 and 2022/23 school years. A new communications campaign began earlier this year to encourage retired teachers to return to teaching. The 50 day pension abatement waiver, for retirees returning to work, has been extended for a further two years to the end of 2025. Reduction of restrictions on job-sharing teachers and those on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: ...above). Subject to criteria TRR will not exceed 18 months (548 days) in a rolling 4-year period. Different limits apply to SNAs who have been granted Critical Illness Provision (CIP). While in pensionable service, a member may apply for retirement pension benefit on medical grounds. Entitlement to a pension on grounds of ill-health is not automatic. The application process involves a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 Jul 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a pension-aged person can apply for an insulation grant, new fuse box and other works through any grants available through local government. [27954/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (2 Jul 2024)

Mark Ward: 275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place for community and voluntary organisations to support them financially when the auto-enrolment into pensions comes into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27871/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (2 Jul 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...is currently going through the Oireachtas. It will link a person’s jobseeker’s payment to their previous earnings and is the norm in European countries. Auto-enrolment will transform the occupational pension landscape. This legislation is almost enacted and will be an important milestone as people reach their retirement years. Successive Social Protection Budgets in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (2 Jul 2024)

Bernard Durkan: ...Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a review in the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for a backdate of IQA and IQC on their invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28257/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (2 Jul 2024)

John McGuinness: ...only accept proof of the civil registration of a marriage and not church-registered marriages as proof of a relationship when her Department is considering an entitlement to either a widow/widower pension; and if an allowance will be made for those individuals who were married abroad in a church ceremony only and are now in a position where they wish to claim the pension. [28295/24]