Results 61-80 of 16,956 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: There is currently a case before the High Court. The Minister is in charge of the law at the moment. He quoted the Act determining the situation. There is confusion about the Act. It is obviously not doing what it is meant to do in clearly delineating the different responsibilities people have under the different classes. That is a problem. The Minister is handing over the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: If this was an isolated incident, there would be some excuse for it. The truth of the matter is that we know there are dozens, potentially hundreds, of people who will be affected by this. Regarding An Post, a group of retired workers had to hold a national day of action in Dublin before the Dáil broke for its summer recess to protest the unfair pension cap. It was put in place due...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the classification of employees of State and semi-State bodies (details supplied). [39838/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I am frustrated by the Minister's answer on the pensioners who have worked in An Post for decades who are being given a reduced pension. It is an incredibly serious issue. It determines the standard of living these pensioners have. Given the Minister's previous answer on this matter, it seems like he is outsourcing a decision to the High Court. It is the responsibility of the Government...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of former An Post employees whose initial applications for pensions were refused in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51086/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: There are major problems with pensions at the moment. People have to fight for their pensions. Aer Lingus pensioners come to me who are still not being paid their full pensions. Pensioners come to me who say that 70,000 of them have received letters stating they may have been overpaid on their pensions. They are living in fear about that. This question relates to An Post pensioners who...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: A pensioner came into my office recently who was one of six workers who started work on 25 July 1994. The rule, which the Minister mentioned, was that anyone who started before 6 April 1995 and worked on a continuous basis in an established position should be on class D PRSI contributions. The State made its decision. The scope section of the Department agreed with the decision. The class...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I am happy to share any information I have about the constituent, but the question on the Order Paper asks how many pensioners are in a similar situation. This is not a criminal case that An Post is involved in, so I do not see why the Minister cannot give a view about the entitlement and rights of a pensioner. I know of at least 30 pensioners who are in a similar situation to this...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department will take to support the creation of new jobs in County Meath; if his department holds statistics on the number of SMEs which have closed in County Meath in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who qualified for the carer’s allowance, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and the number of persons who applied for carer’s allowance but were refused in each of those years. [49655/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seekers allowance or job seekers benefit who listed their previous employment as agriculture, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [49654/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the devices purchasing framework for schools contract with a company (details supplied), if devices are being used to replace free schoolbooks in schools; the cost to parents for devices under the contract; and the way in which this meets the commitment of lowering the cost of school resources for parents. [50985/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation that took place with parents prior to the issuing of the NSCE Guidelines for the Review of SNA Allocations 2025/2026; the reason support for emotional regulation or social skills have been excluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of delays being experienced by former An Post employees in their applications for pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (24 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are in place to stop any landlords raising management charges to effectively raise the rent of their tenants outside of the RPZ mechanism. [50620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his Department’s processes in terms of purchasing Irish produce for schools under the national procurement thresholds; and to outline the economic value of Irish beef purchased by schools through his Department in the past five years. [50621/25]

Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree with Deputy O'Flynn. I talk to people who say they are a timing belt issue away from not being able to pay their bills. They tell me that if something goes wrong in their lives, they will be on the edge. People are lying awake at night wondering what bills they will be able to pay. That is an incredible situation. The frustration I have is that the Government is acting like...

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: As sure as every summer holiday finishes and as sure as the kids go back to school, there is a school bus crisis. It is incredible that there is a crisis every single year. Every TD in this House has been chasing their tail and chasing around the country to find solutions in individual cases. Let me outline the issue that really frustrates me. The Government's stated objective is to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child and Family Agency (23 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the dates upon which she spoke to the CEO of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49647/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 25. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department holds any statistics on the average cost of childcare in each of the past ten years; and the steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of childcare. [49649/25]