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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: How is that to be managed? How is that to be framed legislatively in a way that is fair to both sides of the contract? It seems to me quite a tricky thing for an employer, and a small employer particularly, to manage a situation where that is completely gone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: The converse of that is the question of what employer will take me on when I am 60 with the prospect that I have a contract for life, effectively, if I wish to operate it. Are there unintended consequences of this? That is what I am trying to probe. I am quite sympathetic to the change, but we could end up with people who are approaching retirement age just being locked out of the jobs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: Yes, but it would become a norm almost. Most people would prefer to work on. I think a figure of 60% was given for the number of people who would prefer to work on. It will almost become the norm that there will have to be an unfair dismissal at some point. I am playing devil's advocate here. If we go down the road suggested, how do we frame the legislation in a way that would be workable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: If the witnesses can, they might send us what the Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians have done to see how they framed their legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: To clarify the point made by Ms Murphy, is she stating that the equality legislation I read out there does not apply to mandatory pension age? The way it read in the blurb sounded like there was still a right of action if someone said that a person should retire at 67 but that if the employer cannot justify that on objective grounds, a person can challenge that.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the extent of unclaimed tax allowances and other benefits; if he would consider establishing a cross-Government initiative to promote better take-up of such benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15263/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will indicate the life expectancy at birth and at age 65 in 1950, 1970, 1990, 2010 and the most recent year for which data is available. [13516/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of people aged 65-74, 75-84, and 85+ in 2000, 2022, and projected for 2040, and the corresponding ratio each represents as a proportion of those of working age in those years. [13517/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the ratio of those aged 65+ to the population of working age in each local authority. [13518/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of people at work who have pension coverage beyond the social insurance pension, and the number who do not, distinguishing the pattern for male versus female workers, and for those aged under 50 years, and those 50+ years. [13519/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of people aged 65-69, 70-74, and 75+ who are still in employment. [13520/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planning for a new secondary school (details supplied), and if her Department has had an update on new developments under construction or in the pipeline which will drive pupil numbers. [14944/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the masterplan for the new build for a school (details supplied) in Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14945/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered extending the deadline for the temporary waiver of development fees, as many applicants were unable to complete the process within the short timeframe given. [15376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the costs for a homeless family being rehoused in unfurnished accommodation; whether the present ceiling of €3,000 for establishment costs adequately reflects the true cost of a family setting up home; and if she would consider establishing a higher limit. [14742/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1015. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department, where it mistakenly placed an employee on too high a PRSI deduction for a lengthy period, will repay the over-deduction over the full period; and if not, if the refund will only apply to the four year period for which the Department of Social Protection will make repayments. [14835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1468. To ask the Minister for Health if the NTPF has set out an activity plan for 2024 setting out the outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and diagnostic evaluations and scopes that will be carried out in the course of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14708/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: 1534. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a Dublin premium for health workers where there is a high level of attrition from posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14943/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has undertaken an assessment of Ireland's defence vulnerabilities in light of the deteriorating defence situation in Europe. [13260/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projects which have been funded to date from the Just Transition Fund in County Offaly; their scope and planned impact; the number of applications from the county; and their current status. [13544/24]