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• Parliamentary Question

  92 Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding a pension being subjected to universal social charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
  [11311/11]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2011-05-17/61/#pq_61
  Tue, 17 May 2011 - 92 Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding a pension being subjected

• Parliamentary Question

  539. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage rate of pension that would be payable for new applicants post-2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20990/18]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-05-15/539/#pq_539
  Tue, 15 May 2018 - Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage rate of pension

• Parliamentary Question

  12 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of pensioners who are in receipt of a UK pension, payable through her Department; if her Department is reviewing this category of pensioners in view of exchange differences between sterling and the euro; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
  [19537/02]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2002-10-24/12/#pq_12
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 - Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of pensioners who are in receipt...of a UK pension, payable through her Department; if her Department is reviewing this category of pensioners

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Pension Provisions.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-01-25/510/
  25 Jan 2006 - Brennan) I received the report of the Pensions Board on the national pensions review in November 2005...The report is a comprehensive assessment of the progress we have made in regard to our overall pensions...policy initiative and which have underpinned pensions policy for the last seven years, and the future...The key messages emerging from the report are that, in the future, pensions costs which will be much...The Pensions Board has put forward suggestions for improvements in regard to the existing voluntary pension

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Written Answers - Pension Provisions.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2003-02-20/103/
  20 Feb 2003 - Minister for Social and Family Affairs (Mary Coughlan): In order to qualify for an old age (contributory) pension...contributions at the appropriate rate, must have entered insurance ten years before he-she reached pension...A yearly average of 48 contributions is required for a full rate pension with reduced pensions payable...In the case of retirement pension a yearly average of 24 contributions is required for a minimum pension...age may be counted when eligibility for a pension is being considered.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Social Welfare Code.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-11-08/200/
  8 Nov 2006 - In September, the State Pension (Non-Contributory) replaced the old age pension and, for recipients aged...66 and over, blind pension, widow/er's pension, one parent family payment, deserted wife's allowance...Over 30,000 pensioners who were in receipt of a reduced rate of payment gained from this change with..., as well as entitling some to a means tested pension for the first time....This figure is doubled in the case of a pensioner couple.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Committee on Finance. - Social Welfare Bill, 1951—Money Resolution.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1951-07-05/50/
  5 Jul 1951 - , so that, if a man has £80 special allowance and seeks an old age pension, the £80 is disregarded; but...the Army Pensions Act does not say that if he has an old age pension that old age pension is disregarded...The Army Pensions Act takes into consideration his old age pension and unless you get the complementary...legislation from the Department of Defence, the more you give him in old age pension, the less he will...or disability pensions and does not reckon against the old age pensioner the small sums he receives

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Public Sector Pensions Issues

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2013-05-28/26/
  28 May 2013 - that time, accumulated a substantial pension fund....fund assets to the NTMA's pension fund....The bottom line is that 62% of his pension now comes from his privately-purchased pension pot....The public service pension reduction, PSPR, is targeted at pensions funded by the public purse but although...He could have kept his pension pot or cashed it in.

• Debate: Joint Committee On Public Service Oversight And Petitions

  Equality and Fairness of State Pension: Discussion

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_public_service_oversight_and_petitions/2015-01-21/2/
  21 Jan 2015 - The pension received by a civil servant is distinct from the State pension....The pension that a private employee gets from paying into his or her pension fund is distinct from the...State pension....Their pensions are unaffected by the decision to raise the State pension age....the pension age.

• Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Public Expenditure And Reform

  Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee Stage

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub-committee_on_public_expenditure_and_reform/2015-11-10/2/
  10 Nov 2015 - I asked pensioners to make a contribution as well. I met them....We should remember that many pensioners retired on a pension without any pay cut....This legislation is restoring income to any pensioner who was on a pension below €34,000 per year....Not too many people in the country are on pensions of that nature....There are decent pensions in the public sector.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Gárda Síochána Pensions (No. 2) Order, 1938.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1939-02-22/21/
  22 Feb 1939 - Ruttledge) I move:— That the Dáil hereby approves of the Gárda Síochána Pensions (No. 2) Order, 1938...of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act....The new Order removes this restriction and the widow will receive a pension irrespective of the cause...to the widow only if the member died as a result of the injury for which he received the pension....This Order provides for a pension for a widow in all cases.

• Debate: Joint Committee On Social And Family Affairs

  Pension Provision: Presentations.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_and_family_affairs/2005-11-15/2/
  15 Nov 2005 - Moriarty referred to the Pensions Board, which is composed of 16 or 17 people representing the pensions...industry, pensioners, consumers, IBEC and ICTU...., have put arrangements in place to gather more information on pension coverage....With benchmarked publications and annual publications we can track the level of pension coverage....pensions and personal pensions but not occupational pensions and PRSAs.

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Written Answers. - Pension Provisions.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-07-01/178/
  1 Jul 1999 - Ahern) A key priority of the Government's action programme is that the old age contributory pension...The level of pension payable in such cases is set as a percentage of the maximum payment....in order to qualify for the maximum rate of pension....However, a person with a reduced yearly average can qualify for a reduced rate of pension....Some 98,800 pensioners on full-rate old age contributory and retirement pensions received an increase

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-06-16/16/
  16 Jun 2011 - I do not agree with previous speakers that private pension holders accept the logic of the levy and see...It compels states to have some insurance protection built into private pension funds....There is a very real fear among many private pension holders about the value of their funds....The Minister of State needs to appreciate the real fear among private pension holders....I support universal pensions and would prefer if all State money went towards supporting public pensions

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Pension Provisions.

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-01-27/510/
  27 Jan 2009 - The pension rights of scheme members are protected through trust law and by provision in the Pensions...As supplementary pension schemes are usually established under irrevocable trust, the assets of the scheme...that the entitlements of the members are adequately protected and that they receive the pensions due...of pensions schemes in Ireland....Under the Pensions Act, defined benefit pension schemes must meet a minimum funding standard which requires

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Pension Provisions

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-10-06/99/
  6 Oct 2011 - to apply for another social welfare payment until they become eligible for a State pension....The standardisation of State pension age at 66 in 2014 and the abolition of State pension (transition...) removes the retirement condition associated with State pension (transition) which acts as an incentive...and receive an actuarially increased pension at a later date....Raising State pension is a necessary step in ensuring the sustainability of pensions into the future.

• Parliamentary Question

  180 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to the announcement of the extension of retirement age under the national pensions framework, if it is his intention to raise the qualifying age for free travel.
  [13355/10]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2010-03-24/127/#pq_127
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 - and Family Affairs further to the announcement of the extension of retirement age under the national pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  129. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the possible legal deficit which exists regarding superannuation regulations whereby there is now a requirement for an individual-public servant with maximum qualifying service to pay for additional pension years, which cannot be purchased; if he is considering changing the rules to reflect this omission in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17924/13]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2013-04-17/129/#pq_129
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 - requirement for an individual-public servant with maximum qualifying service to pay for additional pension...be purchased; if he is considering changing the rules to reflect this omission in the Public Service Pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  230. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which the superannuation benefits of Defence Forces commissioned officers who are PRSI class A contributors are integrated with the range of social welfare benefits to include the payment of the State pension (contributory). [42089/17]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2017-10-04/230/#pq_230
  Wed, 4 Oct 2017 - contributors are integrated with the range of social welfare benefits to include the payment of the State pension

• Parliamentary Question

  549. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection following the report by her Department into the high administration cost of pension schemes, the steps she is taking to address this situation; if she is satisfied that the pension industry is regulated to international norms and is properly policed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47918/12]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2012-11-06/549/#pq_549
  Tue, 6 Nov 2012 - Minister for Social Protection following the report by her Department into the high administration cost of pension...schemes, the steps she is taking to address this situation; if she is satisfied that the pension industry