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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: The average pot would have 20 more years to grow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: Our guests are saying that the average contribution is €500 per month, which amounts to €6,000 per year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: Irish Life has also indicated that if the directive were to be implemented in its entirety, a full audit could cost up to €3,000. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: Why in God's name would anybody spend €6,000 if €3,000 was going to go towards that audit? It seems extremely disproportionate. The question I really want to put to our guests is whether the figure of €3,000 is based in reality. It seems excessive for that level of contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: Is that the expectation from the directive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: But the €3,000 cost may not be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: A sum of €3,000 is a lot. It is a large percentage of €6,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: Yes. I am agreeing that we will request the Minister to conduct a cost-benefit analysis. Have our guests any idea as to how long it took to carry out the UK cost-benefit analysis? Do they know the mechanics of what was involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: Given that we have 110,000 of 150,000 in such schemes, which is the bulk of them, are our guests aware of any obvious practical impediment to carrying out that cost-benefit analysis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: Are there any further questions from members? Does Mr. Harney have any concluding remarks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Transposition of IORP II Directive: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)
John Curran: The committee will pursue with the Minister the issue of the cost-benefit analysis. Obviously, there will also be further follow-up with comments and observations from the Pensions Authority.
- Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: This debate was not just about a funding issue. It is a real plea from Members. I stated at the outset that I do not doubt the Minister of State's sincerity and integrity but I observed that with the exception of the Minister for Justice and Equality, her colleagues did not come into the House to support her. She has been let down in terms of the budgetary process. They have not received...
- Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle. I should have said during the debate that we are accepting the amendment.
- Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: I thank all my colleagues and the Members of the House who contributed to this debate, and the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, and the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, for their attendance. The Minister of State will have to recognise the fact that so many Members wanted to contribute to the debate. There is a real issue there. I set out at the beginning the growth of this problem,...
- Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — individuals, families and communities throughout the country have been devastated by illegal drugs; — drug-related harm consistently clusters in communities marked by poverty and social inequality; — drug-related deaths in Ireland are at the highest figure ever, increasing from 431 in 2004 to 736 in 2016;...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if appropriate regulations regarding the sale of affordable homes will be reviewed and introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45008/19]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: I want to look at this from a Dublin perspective as house prices here are considerably higher than in many other parts of the country. There is a substantial cohort of people who are squeezed out of the housing market and consigned to life in private rental accommodation. The irony is that often the rent they pay is greater than a mortgage repayment. The Minister has clearly identified...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units he expects to be built by each local authority in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45009/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: 328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of the €265 million identified in budget 2020 as selected capital measures to be allocated to the Military Road, Dublin 8 development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44867/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (5 Nov 2019)
John Curran: 329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred by An Garda Síochána to pay for storage of seized vehicles in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44868/19]