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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: I apologise for being late; there were circumstances out of my control. I have a question for Ms Lily Toner and Mr. Fergus Courtney. How long was Ms Toner paying into her pension scheme? I will be honest and say that I do not know much about this area. On reading about it, however, it is quite unjust to say the least. Perhaps the witness would tell me the mechanics of that. She obviously...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: For how many years did the witness pay into that indirectly from her wages?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: Eleven years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: It is possible, then, that the witness was paying this for 28 years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: Is it the case that she can never access that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: I will try to give that to the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: I would not wish retirement on anyone but I think Mr. Courtney said he hoped to retire from this campaign.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: I wish to talk about head 4, and I raised this fraud issue a couple of weeks ago. I find it very unsettling and deeply inflammatory that the idea has been flagged. Who came up with the idea, the officials or the Minister? This is a 21st century witch hunt of people who find themselves in a very precarious position. The ethos of social welfare is to protect the dignity of the citizen and it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: I would say it was the Minister's idea-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: -----for the record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: Ms Stack has mentioned that 188 people were taken to court last year for fraud, two thirds of whom were convicted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: Of the two thirds who were convicted, what was the minimum amount involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: The figure is €17,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: Does Ms Stack know what the minimum figure is?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: The minimum figure was €789.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: There was a conviction in that case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: They are on the register.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)
Gino Kenny: That is a big chunk of change.
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)
Gino Kenny: I welcome this debate about the fair deal scheme. I agree with the merits of the motion in its entirety. It is imperative that we plan for generational demographic changes which will happen over the next 13 years. The population of over-75s is set to double. One of the hardest decisions anybody could make in his or her life is to send a loved one to a nursing home. That is a very...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (31 May 2017)
Gino Kenny: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering reversing previous cuts to young persons JSA in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26042/17]