Results 81-100 of 235 for pension speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected annual cost to the Exchequer of providing the option of opting into the spouses' and children's contributory pension scheme to current civil servants who were serving prior to 1984 and who have since entered into a civil partnership-same sex marriage. [26295/15]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Minister may by regulations provide for a mechanism to provide for representation by or on behalf of retired employees, including organised groups of retired employees, in relation to his, her or their pensions, deferred or otherwise.”.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...really not worth a damn, because it just tells individuals what is going to happen. With amendment No. 24 as is, if we take a case of a Tara mines worker who is 20 years retired and who has had a pension cut whereby the company is seeking to use section 50, will that worker be able to seek to resolve the case under the Minister of State's amendments?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...behaviour. Given section 50 allows for a timescale in which companies have to respond to that legislation with an actuarial certificate, and that timescale could affect the level of funding of a pension scheme, this means, of course, that a company is going to seek to reduce its exposure in that regard. What we need to do is build in processes whereby either workers or those who are...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the amendments the Minister of State is discussing affect the issue of pensioners? Pensioners, for example the former Tara Mines workers, have already lost money through the pension levy and now, by way of section 50 of the Pensions Authority order, are losing a proportion of their funds. Will the amendments govern that issue?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I concur with Deputy Calleary. There is a disastrous situation across the State regarding pensioners, and examples include Irish Airline Staff Superannuation, IASS, ESB Retired Staff Association and Tara Mines, which is close to my area. Section 50 supersedes the trustee deeds to which these workers signed up and in which they invested money over a long period of time. These people have no...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...by the introduction of a new 1% wealth tax on net assets in excess of €1 million, excluding qualified provisions such as working farmland, the first 20% of a family home, capital sums in pension funds, and business assets; and applying it to global assets for those domiciled or ordinarily resident in the State and to domestic assets for those resident in the State for tax purposes....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reducing the earnings cap for pension contributions from €115,000 to €70,000. [25274/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reducing the tax exemption for lump sum pension payments on retirement to €80,000 and taxing the balance at the marginal rate. [25275/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual revenue that would be generated from capping relief for employer pension contributions to €75,000 per annun, per employee. [25305/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension provisions of Budget 2013 pertaining to contributions no longer receiving tax relief once the pension fund has exceeded the Standard Fund Threshold has been enacted; if so, the amount the measures have generated, or if recently enacted, what they are planned to generate. [25289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance as the principal shareholder in Allied Irish Banks, if he will confirm that existing contractual pension arrangements for current staff in the bank’s informational technology division's application and development management teams, whose jobs are to be outsourced to a third party, are provided for under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...in this legislation. I suppose we should not take the claims of labour leaders too seriously, given that they told us in 2009 that a "Yes" vote in the Lisbon treaty referendum would deliver collective bargaining and of course jobs, jobs, jobs. Neither has came to pass. I want to mention the case of the Tara Mines workers and pensioners in my constituency. The pensioners are engaged in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer if the first €17,500, €20,000, €25,000, €27,500, €30,000, €32,500, €35,000 of public sector gross pay was exempted from the pension related deduction on gross salaries of €0 to €25,000, €25,001 to €35,000, €35,001 to €45,000, €45,001...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., the annual cost to the Exchequer if the first €17,500, €20,000, €25,000, €27,500, €30,000, €32,500, €35,000 of whole time equivalent public sector gross pay were exempted from the pension related deduction on gross salaries of €0 to €25,000, €25,001 to €35,000, €35,001 to €45,000, €45,001 to...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...so far in their interest. In the general mortgage sphere under the code of conduct, there are many mortgage holders who have had a disastrous experience. Let me give an example. A couple who are pensioners from my home town of Navan have a mortgage with one of the banks that are covered but had a disastrous experience over the past three or four years. Their relationship with the bank...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pensions Levy (19 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer if the first €17,500, €20,000, €22,500, €25,000 and €27,000 of income, respectively, were exempted from the pension related deduction. [19549/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...instead have short briefing notes on their computers before the client rings them. Often, those members of staff give incorrect and contradictory information. I know of one such case involving pensioners. After they went to the Financial Services Ombudsman's office, the PTSB immediately started legal proceedings that prevented that office from investigating the matter further. In my...

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...with these people. AIB is one of the better banks in this regard. However, banks such as Permanent TSB have a chequered record. Some staff do amazing work, but others seem to take a lackadaisical call centre approach. One pensioner couple I know has tried to engage with the bank at every stage, but this couple has had to deal with approximately ten different people, all of whom have...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: ...the unemployment figures and I found that 7,500 people over the age of 65 who are unemployed are not counted in the live register. There has been a change in the past number of years with regard pensions and the pension age has been increased. The CSO counts these individuals but they are not included in the live register. To put that figure in perspective, that number represents about...