Results 141-160 of 258 for pension speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: ...that received payments from either the National Assets Management Agency, the National Treasury Management Agency, the National Development Finance Agency, the State Claims Agency or the National Pension Reserve Fund; the overall cost of these payments from each agency named and the level of payments made by each agency to each company listed in respect of work carried in the years 2010,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (24 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension (details supplied) [19377/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (7 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the respective pay scales of post primary school teachers and the way this has been affected by pay cuts and pension levies introduced since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: ...investment can be made, is not pie in the sky but is used internationally. The troika - the Minister's boss, so to speak - stated that significant money was available through the National Pensions Reserve Fund, the European Investment Bank and the private pensions industry. President Hollande of France and others in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States have used...

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: .... It is not the perverse Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael-Labour policy that private debt is paid for by people with disabilities through cuts in respite grants, by poor families through cuts in child benefit, by pensioners through cuts in fuel allowances and by targeting maternity leave. They are all the choices the Deputies on the Government side of the House have made. The route to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of the difficulties with regard to the development of the new LEOs. There are also a couple of questions relating to human resources and the secondment of staff into the new LEOs. Will that place a new pension cost on local authorities? The Minister knows I do not seek to be controversial. If an entrepreneur has not paid a property or water tax or any service charges, will he or she be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999 and between...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Application Numbers (27 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of outstanding applications for invalidity pension, broken down by months outstanding, the number of medical staff employed to conduct medical reviews and the number of additional staff deployed to clear the backlog. [52292/12]

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...across the globe have collapsed around a business model that created elites that were bound together by greed and financial gain. During the past couple of days there have been many discussions about the pensions awarded to board members of banks. The amounts paid to these individuals is shocking, in particular at a time when the Government is enforcing cuts on the poorest in society....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Service: Discussion with Employment Appeals Tribunal (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...means for employees to seek justice when they are not fairly treated. Sinn Féin has made a detailed submission on the issue, focusing on aspects such as trade union recognition, redundancies and pensions. I have some concerns. In every system a person must have the right to appeal. In the course of the document it states that the Labour Court would examine if the claim is...

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: -----and to position themselves when their respective old guards cash in their political pensions. The work of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, is being neutralised by these additional costs, but the bulk of the cost will be met by the State through unemployment. The Government has failed to tackle upward-only rents or energy and insurance costs. It changed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00029/12, P00033/12, P00038/12 and P00053/12 (17 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that agreed? Agreed. The next petition is P00053/12 in the name of Mrs. Catherine Doran concerning eligibility criteria for the contributory State pension. This is an interesting petition in that it affects a significant number of older people in Ireland, and women in particular. This individual is clearly having difficulties and is not allowed under the current legislative arrangement...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I have been informed that profitable businesses are reducing their exposure to workers' pensions and, in one case, a bank, which is currently repatriating profits to its English parent, is reducing the pensions that workers have paid into. While it is necessary to have reserves and proper regulations in this area, it is important that they do not damage the livelihoods and wages of...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (3 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: As the Minister of State will hopefully be aware, a massive crisis has been brewing within the pension industry in Ireland. A large part of that crisis has arisen because of the recession and the actions of some employers in regard to providing for pensions. However, those actions have been exacerbated by the Government in two ways, the pension levy and regulations. The introduction of...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...is down. It does not make sense to have a stimulus investment when the economy is up. A stimulus investment only makes sense in this scenario. With regard to there not being opportunities, the National Pensions Reserve Fund has billions of euro that are available to the State. The private pension industry is looking for an area in which to invest and has told me that the Government...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...We have housing stock that is energy inefficient. We could match many of the long-term unemployed from the construction sector to the external cladding of these houses. A fund is available from the private pension industry which would be happy to be involved in this. The second strategic objective is to increase our communications ability. We are at the bottom of the European league...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...with haste and urgency to address the grievances, to apologise and to compensate. Prolonging the injustice and allowing the clock to tick by for women in their 80s who were unjustly left without a pension due to the decisions of this Government, is a disgraceful and inadequate response. Our motion does not even go that far. All we ask is that the material well-being of these women,...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...with haste and urgency to address the grievances, to apologise and to compensate. Prolonging the injustice and allowing the clock to tick by for women in their 80s who were unjustly left without a pension due to the decisions of this Government, is a disgraceful and inadequate response. Our motion does not even go that far. All we ask is that the material well-being of these women,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...will change the direction of an economy. Sinn Féin has produced a similar stimulus package to that of SIPTU, which adds up to €13 billion over four years. Our package identifies the European Investment Bank, private pensions and the National Pensions Reserve Fund as sources for funding. Consumer demand is the key to getting people back to work but it has fallen off a cliff....

Job Creation (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...arrive at 2016 with no targets achieved. It is time the Government realises the necessity for a Government-led multi-billion euro stimulus for the economy. The funds are available in the National Pensions Reserve Fund and a well-disposed private pensions industry and the European Investment Bank.