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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (30 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: ...(CE Sponsor) and the employee (Supervisor). Employers (including CE Sponsoring Organisations) are legally obliged to offer access to at least one Standard Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) under the Pension (Amendment) Act 2002. All CE sponsoring organisations were informed of their responsibilities under this Act at that time. CE Supervisors may also qualify for the State...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (22 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: ...from another country. In calculating means from employment for the carer and their spouse, civil partner or cohabitant, deductions are allowed for Employee PRSI, Superannuation, AVC, PRSA, Union dues and reasonable travel costs. If a carer is married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting, the first €665.00 of the combined weekly income is disregarded, when assessing...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (10 Dec 2014)

Joan Burton: ...and the individuals concerned as employees must also be considered. Employers (including CE Sponsoring Organisations) are legally obliged to offer access to at least one Standard Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) under the Pension (Amendment) Act 2002. All CE sponsoring organisations were informed of their responsibilities under this Act at that time. It should also be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: ...recognised when considering pension provision arrangements. Employers (including CE Sponsoring Organisations) are legally obliged to offer access to at least one Standard Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) under the Pension (Amendment) Act 2002. All CE sponsoring organisations were informed of their responsibilities under this Act at that time. It should also be noted that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: ...recognised when considering pension provision arrangements. Employers (including CE Sponsoring Organisations) are legally obliged to offer access to at least one Standard Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) under the Pension (Amendment) Act 2002. All CE sponsoring organisations were informed by the Department of their responsibilities under this Act at that time. CE...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: ...when considering pension provision arrangements. Employers (including CE Sponsoring Organisations) are legally obliged to offer access to at least one Standard Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) under the Pension (Amendment) Act 2002. All CE sponsoring organisations were informed by the Department of their responsibilities under this Act at that time. CE Supervisors may also...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (30 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: ...recognised when considering pension provision arrangements. Employers (including CE Sponsoring Organisations) are legally obliged to offer access to at least one Standard Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) under the Pension (Amendment) Act 2002. All CE sponsoring organisations were informed by the Department of their responsibilities under this Act at that time. CE Supervisors...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: ...the Department is not in a position to authorise such provision. Employers (including CE Sponsoring Organisations) must offer access to at least one Standard Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) under the Pension (Amendment) Act 2002. All CE Sponsoring Organisations were appraised of their responsibilities under this Act. It should also be noted that this Department is not the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: ...to Deputy O’Dea about the policy development which is ongoing in this space and which will be subsequently addressed. I will give my note to him. I wish to make clear that a trustee, employer, PRSA provider, adviser, actuary or any other person who contravenes a provision of the Act is guilty of an offence and, second, under section 3 it is already an offence for a trustee to fail...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Universal Social Charge Application (10 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The earnings assessed for social assistance means testing purposes generally is based on earnings net of PRSI contributions, superannuation/PRSA contributions and trade union subscriptions. No account is taken in the calculation of any income taxes payable on earnings i.e. the assessment is based on gross earnings before tax. Given that the universal social charge is a tax, the impact of this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (30 Apr 2014)

Joan Burton: ...with access to an occupational pension scheme within six months of the commencement of employment, then the employer must provide the employee with access to a Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA). In any event, where the employee engages with a pension arrangement facilitated by the employer, the employer will deduct any contributions the employee wishes to make from pay and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Mar 2014)

Joan Burton: ...of means, with the balance assessed at 50%. This means that people earning up to €90 per week are entitled to the full rate of payment. Other disregards which are offset from the gross earnings are PRSA/AVC contributions, superannuation, pension levy, PRSI and trade union subscriptions. No payment is due where weekly earnings exceed €425, regardless of family size. In...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: ...cost scheme, charges unfortunately have a much lower profile. In particular, for women and relatively low-paid workers accumulating, for example, a relatively modest personal retirement savings account, PRSA, of €100,000, the charges could have a very heavy impact on it and people really do not see this impact until the very end when they have exited. It is something that, as...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Joan Burton: ...; how contributions are calculated; contributions paid to date and the amounts of any transfers received; and information on benefits from AVCs or funds transferred from another pension scheme or PRSA. Those requirements already exist and I do not believe we need additional legal provision for it. Lawyers would probably argue that this language is clear and people should be told...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (8 Oct 2013)

Joan Burton: .../she may do so if the rules of the particular scheme permits such contributions to be made. If the scheme rules do not permit AVCs to be made, then a Standard Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA) must be offered by his /her employer for the purpose of making AVCs.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: ...with access to an occupational pension scheme within six months of the commencement of employment, then the employer must provide the employee with access to a Personal Retirement Savings Account (PRSA). The employer’s obligations in this regard are to make a PRSAs available to the member, to deduct any contributions the employer wishes to make from pay and remit the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (11 Dec 2012)

Joan Burton: ..., pensions, rental income, maintenance payments and some social welfare payments and health service executive payments. All income must be declared. However, deductions are allowed for income tax, universal social charge, PRSI, superannuation/ PRSA contributions, private health insurance contribution, pension levy and union dues. Deductions are also allowed for rent or mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (14 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: In a Revenue Approved Occupational Pension Scheme the employer’s contribution is not considered to be a benefit-in-kind to the employee. In the case of a PRSA or an RAC, contributions made by an employer on behalf of an employee are treated as a benefit-in-kind of the employee. In Budget 2011 employee contributions to occupational pension schemes and other pension arrangements became...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (7 Nov 2012)

Joan Burton: ...for social assistance payments over the past 12 months. The earnings assessed for social assistance means testing purposes generally is based on earnings net of PRSI contributions, superannuation/PRSA contributions and trade union subscriptions. No account is taken in the calculation of any income tax or USC payable on earnings. The one exception to this arrangement relates to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (4 Oct 2012)

Joan Burton: ...to a spouse before such income affects all or part of the State Pension (non-contributory) is €200 per week from insurable employment. Net earnings are gross earnings less PRSI, superannuation/PRSA contributions, and union dues. My Department endeavours to ensure that customers are fully aware of their maximum possible entitlements in relation to earnings disregards. All...