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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...specify what use would be made of the transfers from the fund from 2041 onwards. Is there a reason for that? We have discussed some of the demographic challenges in terms of ageing, particularly pensions and health ageing costs. I ask the Minister to give us his view. Why is it not specified in the legislation? This says it can be used for any purposes. Will the Minister give the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...to households in, or at risk of, energy poverty through the Warmer Homes Scheme. Budget 2024 also introduced a total €2.2 billion suite of once-off Cost-of-Living supports, to assist families, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities. This included a new Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme III through which €412.83 (exclusive of VAT) was credited to each...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...my Department or within bodies under the aegis of my Department who are suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations. The only State body under the aegis of my Department is the Army Pensions Board and its secretary is provided from the staff of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (8 May 2024) See 7 other results from this answer

Patrick Costello: ...the ruling of the High Court in respect to the CIÉ 1951 scheme and take steps to ensure that the benefits of the scheme’s active members will be protected and maintained; and that 1951 scheme pensioners will be awarded their long-awaited pension increase without delay. [20379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (8 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Paul Kehoe: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently enforce an increase in the CIÉ 1951 superannuation pension scheme, with consideration to the recent report published by the independent actuarial company based on data supplied by CIÉ (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...%, an increase of over 17,000 days between the 2021/22 school year, and the 2022/23 school year. A new communications campaign begun in January this year to encourage retired teachers to return to teaching.The 50 day pension abatement waiver, for retirees returning to work, has been extended for a further two years to the end of 2025. Restrictions on job-sharing teachers and those on a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (8 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: My Department provides core Exchequer funding to Údarás na Gaeltachta under three separate headings; current expenditure (pay & pensions); current expenditure (programmes) and capital expenditure. The Department also provides a separate allocation towards the implementation of the language planning process in the Gaeltacht. This funding is supplemented by own source...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...calls and guaranteed fixed minimum earnings. This increase in the mandatory retirement age in the uniformed services, including the fire services, will be facilitated by amendments to the relevant pension legislation to be brought forward by the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. This is being brought forward as a priority and it is expected that the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (8 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 20 February 2024, to provide an update on the long-term carers’ contribution scheme; the number of applications received to date; the number approved; the number rejected; the number pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20174/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: ...note that, in general, access to a free travel pass for those aged under 66 is linked to a person being in receipt of certain primary Social Protection payments such as Disability Allowance, Invalidity Pension, Carers Allowance, Blind Pension and Partial Capacity Benefit. As part of Budget 2024, I was particularly pleased to extend access to Free Travel to people who are medically...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (8 May 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Seán Fleming: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the position if people can apply to have credits towards their pension while they were in receipt of carer's allowance for many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20386/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 May 2024)

John McGuinness: 312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the State pension (non-contributory) will be approved for a person (details supplied); if they are entitled to the State pension (contributory); and if they will be paid supplementary allowance as they have no income. [20492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 May 2024)

Robert Troy: 319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate why a person (details supplied), who now qualifies for a higher rate non-contributory pension, did not qualify for a similarly high rate when she first applied, and if this can be rectified. [20610/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...will be informed in writing of the outcome of this review. If an entitlement to DA is considered appropriate for this period, arrears due would be offset against the current debt from their Blind Pension. I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (8 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal (details supplied) which has been in processing for a number of months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20894/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a supplementary pension payment to two retired HSE workers in County Kerry who had their pensions reduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20449/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...principal private residence, other property and land, including farmland. For the purposes of financial assessment, income includes: - Earnings, including income from farming or business activities - Pension income - Social welfare benefits/allowances - Rental income - Income from holding an office or directorship - Income from fees, commissions, dividends or interest - Any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who lost access to a medical card due to pension increases in the last Budget; his Department's plans to pre-emptively address the issue in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20506/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

...on that. It is certainly something that can be explored. It would depend on dentists maintaining their registration, their training and so on. One of the issues for consideration that arises is pension abatement. If somebody is a retired employee of the HSE, there is a pension abatement issue to be considered. However, it is certainly an area that is worth exploring.