Results 161-179 of 179 for pension speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — National Pension Reserve Fund: National Pension Reserve Fund (31 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any proposals he has developed to access the National Pension Reserve Fund to stimulate economic growth and deliver jobs. [35941/11]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (24 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he intends to take to end the pay, pension and abatement arrangements for current Secretaries General. [3795/12]

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (11 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...loopholes which could allow unscrupulous employers to treat workers unequally. I hope the Minister will have a positive approach and will include entitlements such as sick pay, occupational pension schemes, benefits in kind, financial participation payments and bonus payments. How can workers with equal length of service doing the same job with approximately the same skills have...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Tara Mines pensioners will suffer a 10% reduction in their pensions from 1 January. Will any elements of the upcoming finance Bill or other budgetary Bills safeguard those pensions in future?

Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: ...and the amount of money outlined in Sinn Féin's pre-budget submission is allowed for, given the level of the State's GDP. I have a single question pertaining to the funds taken from Tara Mines pensioners by the Government on foot of the last jobs initiative. The Tara Mines pensioners who were to be found outside the gates of Leinster House today will see a reduction of 10% in their...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while currently employed in a public body and or State agency. [35185/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if former miners will have their pensions reduced by 10% as a result of the 0.6% Government pension levy; the number of other pension plans and persons affected in such a manner; if it is legal that there is such a large pension reduction; if there is scope for the pension firms to take on some of this cost; and the steps he will take to help...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (5 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if reducing private pension tax reliefs will form part of the additional revenue raising measures currently being considered by him as part of the fifth quarter requirements of the EU-IMF programme. [18595/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she will not conduct and publish a cost-benefit analysis of using the PRSI system not only to collect the auto-enrolment pension contributions that are proposed by the national pensions framework but also to manage that money and make payments rather than handing those responsibilities over to the private pension industry in...

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (7 Jun 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, according to the 2009 ESRI research series No. 14 on pension policy, 82% of all pension tax relief goes to the top 20% of income earners; his views on the accuracy of this figure; and his further views that this is an appropriate outcome of his current pension tax relief policy. [14234/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Jun 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on whether the cost of the pension levy should not be passed on to savers by their pension fund managers; and the steps he will take to ensure that this does not happen. [14233/11]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (resumed) (25 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: ...State could provide such answers. One of the questions I wanted an answer to concerned whether or not the money being provided to finance the project is equitable. I pointed to the fact that the pension levy is a flat tax and income blind. The same rate will be applied to a person on €40,000 as to someone earning €500,000 and paying into the pension fund. A person who is struggling...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (resumed) (25 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: ...but, unfortunately, it is not the ideology that is currently being used by Fine Gael or the Labour Party. The continuation of the USC is an example of a regressive taxation system, as is the pension levy. In addition, the Government's proposed property tax and water tax are all flat taxes which have a regressive impact on those paying them. Why is it so difficult to convince the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (resumed) (25 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: ...bequeathed to the Government by the former Fianna Fáil Government stops any movement. I would suggest that the strictures are self-imposed. Sinn Féin has identified €2 billion in the National Pensions Reserve Fund, NPRF, that could be used as a kick start to the economy. The Government has told us it has no room to manoeuvre and that Europe will prevent anything else, but there is a...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: The pension levy proposal has already been mired in controversy in several ways. Sinn Féin believes it is a flat tax and income blind. In other words, those who are rich and those struggling will still be taxed at the same level. Moreover, as reported in the media, those at the very top of the earnings scale, such as company directors, will be exempt from the levy. It reminds me of the...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: ...government and that it would produce a €9 billion stimulus. The Labour Party spoke of a €500 million jobs fund and of a strategic investment bank with funds of €2 billion from the National Pensions Reserve Fund. Cynically, nine weeks later both parties have retreated fully from their election promises and have gone into reverse mode. They are reducing the significance of this jobs...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: The National Pensions Reserve Fund has a total of €14 billion, which the Government will pay on an annual basis to Anglo Irish Bank. The Government has the choice of putting that money into a dead bank or putting the Irish taxpayers' money into creating jobs. Its deflationary policy, which it has taken up from Fianna Fáil, has on every single occasion reduced all economic indicators...

Written Answers — Oireachtas Members' Remuneration: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (3 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of payments to former TDs and Ministers excluding pension costs; if he will provide this data in tabular form in terms of cost per month and per person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9653/11]

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (6 Apr 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: ...sector strategies, the direct sovereign contribution is expected to be in the region of €17 billion. Accordingly, the net liquid financial position of the State is in decline. The National Pensions Reserve Fund will be eaten into once more with a reduction of €10 billion and the €7.2 billion balance will be added to the gross public debt since the cash reserves are borrowed money....