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• Legislation

  Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021 (No. 137 of 2021)

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2021/137/
  21 Oct 2021 - Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021

• Parliamentary Question

  6. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection her strategy to address the proposal to remove the exemption to pay PRSI on supplementary pension income, occupational and personal pensions and public sector pensions, as contained in the report of the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5384/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-03/6/#pq_6
  Thu, 3 Feb 2022 - Protection her strategy to address the proposal to remove the exemption to pay PRSI on supplementary pension...income, occupational and personal pensions and public sector pensions, as contained in the report of...the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter

• Parliamentary Question

  451. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider providing pensioners on a partial rate with the full rate increase with regard to the €5 weekly payment rate increase for the State pension (contributory) given that the aim of ensuring State pension protects all pensioners from poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5823/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-08/451/#pq_451
  Tue, 8 Feb 2022 - Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider providing pensioners...partial rate with the full rate increase with regard to the €5 weekly payment rate increase for the State pension...(contributory) given that the aim of ensuring State pension protects all pensioners from poverty; and

• Parliamentary Question

  13. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her strategy to address any decrease in income arising from a removal of an exemption to pay PRSI on supplementary pension income, occupational and personal pensions, and public sector pensions as contained in the Commission on Pensions report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14818/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-22/13/#pq_13
  Tue, 22 Mar 2022 - address any decrease in income arising from a removal of an exemption to pay PRSI on supplementary pension...income, occupational and personal pensions, and public sector pensions as contained in the Commission...on Pensions report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14818/22]

• Parliamentary Question

  1140. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the old age pension in Budget 2022 in view of rising costs of living for pensioners and the pressures that these costs are putting pensioners under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40436/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-07-27/1140/#pq_1140
  Tue, 27 Jul 2021 - Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the old age pension...in Budget 2022 in view of rising costs of living for pensioners and the pressures that these costs are...putting pensioners under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40436/21]

• Parliamentary Question

  486. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence if consideration will be given to making the Military Service Allowance pensionable for pre-1990 pensioners in view of the fact that arising from a recommendation made in 1990 by the Gleeson Commission the allowance was made pensionable in the case of personnel retiring on or after 1 August 1990, but was not made pensionable for those who retired before that despite the fact it had been introduced in 1979 in lieu of a pay increase. [42612/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-09-09/486/#pq_486
  Thu, 9 Sep 2021 - asked the Minister for Defence if consideration will be given to making the Military Service Allowance pensionable...for pre-1990 pensioners in view of the fact that arising from a recommendation made in 1990 by the Gleeson...Commission the allowance was made pensionable in the case of personnel retiring on or after 1 August...1990, but was not made pensionable for those who retired before that despite the fact it had been introduced

• Parliamentary Question

  388. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount a recipient of a State pension contributory or non-contributory pension can earn without affecting their pension payment. [58471/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-11-30/388/#pq_388
  Tue, 30 Nov 2021 - Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount a recipient of a State pension...contributory or non-contributory pension can earn without affecting their pension payment. [58471/21

• Parliamentary Question

  37. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a dedicated State pension for long-term family carers to ensure that they receive a full pension entitlement equivalent to the maximum State pension (contributory);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14855/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-22/37/#pq_37
  Tue, 22 Mar 2022 - Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a dedicated State pension...for long-term family carers to ensure that they receive a full pension entitlement equivalent to the...maximum State pension (contributory);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14855/22]

• Parliamentary Question

  47. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she will take in relation to the recent review of pension age that recommended not moving the pension age to the 67th year; and if she will further consider returning the pension age to 65 years in line with many countries across Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14564/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-22/47/#pq_47
  Tue, 22 Mar 2022 - the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she will take in relation to the recent review of pension...age that recommended not moving the pension age to the 67th year; and if she will further consider returning...the pension age to 65 years in line with many countries across Europe; and if she will make a statement

• Parliamentary Question

  307. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the full savings to the State of changes to the contributory and non-contributory pension entitlements, for example, as a result of changes in bands for contributory pensions, the ending of the transition pension and other changes which resulted in State savings in each year since 2009, in tabular form. [30329/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-06-03/307/#pq_307
  Thu, 3 Jun 2021 - Social Protection the full savings to the State of changes to the contributory and non-contributory pension...entitlements, for example, as a result of changes in bands for contributory pensions, the ending of...the transition pension and other changes which resulted in State savings in each year since 2009, in

• Parliamentary Question

  1171. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to introduce a universal State pension of €350 weekly and reduce the pension age to 65 years of age. [41243/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-07-27/1171/#pq_1171
  Tue, 27 Jul 2021 - Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to introduce a universal State pension...of €350 weekly and reduce the pension age to 65 years of age. [41243/21]

• Parliamentary Question

  71. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the engagement she has held with her officials on pension reform since the publication of the Commission on Pensions report. [5352/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-03/71/#pq_71
  Thu, 3 Feb 2022 - Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the engagement she has held with her officials on pension...reform since the publication of the Commission on Pensions report. [5352/22]

• Parliamentary Question

  200. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is giving active consideration to allowing a pension increase for semi-State pensioners, for example, CIÉ pensioners who have been denied their pro-rate cost of living increases since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13752/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-10/200/#pq_200
  Thu, 10 Mar 2022 - asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is giving active consideration to allowing a pension...increase for semi-State pensioners, for example, CIÉ pensioners who have been denied their pro-rate

• Parliamentary Question

  360. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the total revenue collected by the pension levy on pensions funds; the way in which the money was used; if private pension funds have recovered in value since the levy was collected; and if there are plans to restore any of the moneys collected. [50430/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-10-19/360/#pq_360
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 - Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the total revenue collected by the pension levy...on pensions funds; the way in which the money was used; if private pension funds have recovered in value

• Debate: Joint Committee On Enterprise, Trade And Employment

  Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2021: Discussion

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_enterprise_trade_and_employment/2021-11-10/3/
  10 Nov 2021 - On the pension query, there is a requirement for employers to offer a pension but that pension is not...prescribed in that it does not have to be a Construction Industry Federation pension....This is just an offer of a pension.

• Parliamentary Question

  48. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the report of the Pensions Commission including their proposals to remove the PRSI exemption on supplementary pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14825/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-22/48/#pq_48
  Tue, 22 Mar 2022 - Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the report of the Pensions...Commission including their proposals to remove the PRSI exemption on supplementary pensions; and if

• Parliamentary Question

  165. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if representatives of retired staff can be excluded from discussions around the resolution of actuarial deficits and the governance structure of their schemes in relation to the operation of minimum funding standards in occupational pensions schemes and the functioning of the Pension Authority; if retired staff associations can make submissions to her or the Pensions Authority in relation to minimum funding standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32216/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-06-16/165/#pq_165
  Wed, 16 Jun 2021 - structure of their schemes in relation to the operation of minimum funding standards in occupational pensions...schemes and the functioning of the Pension Authority; if retired staff associations can make submissions...to her or the Pensions Authority in relation to minimum funding standards; and if she will make a statement

• Parliamentary Question

  130. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends on charging PRSI on pensioners over 66 years of age, as per the recommendation of the Pensions Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62177/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-12-15/130/#pq_130
  Wed, 15 Dec 2021 - Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends on charging PRSI on pensioners...over 66 years of age, as per the recommendation of the Pensions Commission; and if she will make a statement

• Parliamentary Question

  879. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to access their pension contributions following the discontinuation of the pension scheme established by their former employer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63098/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-01-19/879/#pq_879
  Wed, 19 Jan 2022 - Protection if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to access their pension...contributions following the discontinuation of the pension scheme established by their former employer

• Parliamentary Question

  317. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons who have insufficient contributions to qualify for a State pension (contributory) might have the option of applying for a reduced rate of pension or refund of contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5742/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-03/317/#pq_317
  Thu, 3 Feb 2022 - Minister for Social Protection if persons who have insufficient contributions to qualify for a State pension...(contributory) might have the option of applying for a reduced rate of pension or refund of contributions

• Parliamentary Question

  605. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the State pension (contributory) who joined the scheme post 1 September 2012 with in excess of 2,080 contributions who are denied a maximum pension. [52770/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-11-02/605/#pq_605
  Tue, 2 Nov 2021 - Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the State pension...joined the scheme post 1 September 2012 with in excess of 2,080 contributions who are denied a maximum pension

• Parliamentary Question

  606. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the State pension (contributory) who joined the scheme pre 1 September 2012 with in excess of 2,080 contributions who are denied a maximum pension. [52771/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-11-02/606/#pq_606
  Tue, 2 Nov 2021 - Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the State pension...joined the scheme pre 1 September 2012 with in excess of 2,080 contributions who are denied a maximum pension

• Debate: Committee On Budgetary Oversight

  Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed)

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_on_budgetary_oversight/2022-02-16/2/
  16 Feb 2022 - Ms Jasmina Behan Regarding other types of pensions, in the context of public service pensions, there...For those who are members of the single scheme, or the single public service pension scheme, their pensions..., under section 40 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, are...For those whose service began predating 2013, their pensions are increased in line with pay increases..., where necessary, to ensure that they are equal to the pensions being awarded to the same grade of retiring

• Parliamentary Question

  544. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered providing a top-up payment for Irish citizens living in the State and receiving pensions from overseas to bring these payments in line with the standard State pension rate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9591/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-22/544/#pq_544
  Tue, 22 Feb 2022 - she has considered providing a top-up payment for Irish citizens living in the State and receiving pensions...from overseas to bring these payments in line with the standard State pension rate (details supplied

• Parliamentary Question

  70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify if the pensions schemes of former RTÉ employees and Dublin Port and Dock workers are subject to a veto in terms of a proposed rise in these pensions by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11381/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-01/70/#pq_70
  Tue, 1 Mar 2022 - Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify if the pensions...employees and Dublin Port and Dock workers are subject to a veto in terms of a proposed rise in these pensions

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Pensions Reform

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-02-03/10/
  3 Feb 2022 - Deputy Aindrias Moynihan As the Minister stated, the State pension is a bedrock of the system; however...rate and by the removal of the exemption on supplementary pensions....A supplementary pension sounds like something extra. For many, it is their only source of income....They have already paid the pension levy. Purchasing power has been reduced....they will not see a cut to their pensions?

• Parliamentary Question

  70. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to including foster carers under the State pension for long-term carers recommendation from the Pension Commission report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14841/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-22/70/#pq_70
  Tue, 22 Mar 2022 - Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to including foster carers under the State pension...for long-term carers recommendation from the Pension Commission report; and if she will make a statement

• Parliamentary Question

  1005. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to including foster carers within a State pension solution for carers given that she is due to report on updates to the State pension in the coming weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19765/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-04-26/1005/#pq_1005
  Tue, 26 Apr 2022 - Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to including foster carers within a State pension...solution for carers given that she is due to report on updates to the State pension in the coming weeks

• Parliamentary Question

  73. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects her Department to implement reforms to the pension system following consideration of recommendations made in the report by the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57829/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-11-25/73/#pq_73
  Thu, 25 Nov 2021 - asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects her Department to implement reforms to the pension...system following consideration of recommendations made in the report by the Commission on Pensions;

• Parliamentary Question

  131. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection if pension contributions will be liable for PRSI; if, when drawing down a pension it will be liable for PRSI; her views on whether it is necessary for the same pension to be charged PRSI on two occasions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50210/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-10-14/131/#pq_131
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 - Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Social Protection if pension contributions will be liable...for PRSI; if, when drawing down a pension it will be liable for PRSI; her views on whether it is necessary...for the same pension to be charged PRSI on two occasions; and if she will make a statement on the matter

• Parliamentary Question

  415. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rules to qualify for the blind pension to enable those who are in receipt of the invalidity pension to qualify for it. [33265/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-06-22/415/#pq_415
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 - Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rules to qualify for the blind pension...to enable those who are in receipt of the invalidity pension to qualify for it. [33265/21]

• Parliamentary Question

  456. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing pension entitlements from retired workers in the section 38 and 39 health employees and the voluntary hospital sector relative to their counterparts in the HSE; and if she will expedite a pension calculation for a person (details supplied). [5939/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-08/456/#pq_456
  Tue, 8 Feb 2022 - Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing pension...the voluntary hospital sector relative to their counterparts in the HSE; and if she will expedite a pension

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-02-16/10/
  16 Feb 2022 - Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor The Commission on Pensions has asked for the removal of a special...This would mean retired public servants would have to pay 4% PRSI on their public service pension on...Their pensions have been already reduced by the Government's pensions levy....Many of these pensioners are not in receipt of the State pension and should not be asked to contribute...More than 350,000 pensioners could be hit with this.

• Parliamentary Question

  449. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of self-employed pension contributions made by a person (details supplied) from when they first entered the scheme to reaching pension age; if the contributions in this case are refundable; if additional contributions can be purchased at this stage with a view to qualification for State pension (contributory); if any or all PAYE contributions paid by them have been taken into account with a view to ascertaining whether a combination of both PAYE and self-employed contributions can be used to enhance their ability to qualify for the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37450/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-07-13/449/#pq_449
  Tue, 13 Jul 2021 - Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of self-employed pension contributions made...by a person (details supplied) from when they first entered the scheme to reaching pension age; if the...; if additional contributions can be purchased at this stage with a view to qualification for State pension...PAYE and self-employed contributions can be used to enhance their ability to qualify for the State pension

• Publication

  Response to the Report of the Commission on Pensions

  https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/33/joint_committee_on_social_protection_community_and_rural_development_and_the_islands/reports/2022/2022-02-02_response-to-the-report-of-the-commission-on-pensions_en.pdf
  2 Feb 2022 - Response to the Report of the Commission on Pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  73. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the way the pension recalculation introduced by the former Minister for Social Protection (details supplied) that took effect from 29 March 2018 is denying a full rate of pension to citizens born before 1 September 1946. [48412/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-10-06/73/#pq_73
  Wed, 6 Oct 2021 - Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the way the pension...Social Protection (details supplied) that took effect from 29 March 2018 is denying a full rate of pension

• Parliamentary Question

  508. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of their full pension entitlement given their working record; if a full breakdown of their pension contributions can be furnished to them in early date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8261/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-15/508/#pq_508
  Tue, 15 Feb 2022 - asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of their full pension...entitlement given their working record; if a full breakdown of their pension contributions can be furnished

• Parliamentary Question

  109. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Pensions Council is undertaking a cost transparency initiative in respect of the costs and charges applied to the management of private pensions; the details on the nature and timeline of the initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59674/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-12-02/109/#pq_109
  Thu, 2 Dec 2021 - Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Pensions Council is undertaking a cost...transparency initiative in respect of the costs and charges applied to the management of private pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  268. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review will be considered into the position of pre-1995 D1 retirees in relation to ensuring that their pensions can keep pace with the cost of living; the measures that could be introduced to ensure their pensions keep pace with the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-01/268/#pq_268
  Tue, 1 Mar 2022 - review will be considered into the position of pre-1995 D1 retirees in relation to ensuring that their pensions...can keep pace with the cost of living; the measures that could be introduced to ensure their pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  458. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (contributory) who were born before 1 September 1946; the estimated annual cost of extending the total contributions system which was applied to pensioners after this date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54007/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-11-09/458/#pq_458
  Tue, 9 Nov 2021 - Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension...September 1946; the estimated annual cost of extending the total contributions system which was applied to pensioners

• Parliamentary Question

  64. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a previous Parliamentary Question on the pension scheme of retired RTÉ employees that a decision on such schemes was not solely his responsibility, if Regulation 85 which specifies that a pension may be increased by such an amount as may be authorised from time to time by the Minister for Finance and if since the Department was split into two, if he has assumed the role and approved all subsequent changes to the RTÉ pension scheme; if this suggests that his Department does have sole responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11382/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-01/64/#pq_64
  Tue, 1 Mar 2022 - the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a previous Parliamentary Question on the pension...decision on such schemes was not solely his responsibility, if Regulation 85 which specifies that a pension...Department was split into two, if he has assumed the role and approved all subsequent changes to the RTÉ pension

• Parliamentary Question

  497. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a review of the method of calculating PRSI contributions for the State pension (contributory) particularly with regard to averaging over years of work in which an individual may have had several years of varying classes of PRSI contributions which then results in a lower yearly average and lower rate of weekly State pension payment; the processes for granting full State pensions to those who have accumulated less than 1,200 contributions over 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45987/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-09-28/497/#pq_497
  Tue, 28 Sep 2021 - Protection if there has been a review of the method of calculating PRSI contributions for the State pension...classes of PRSI contributions which then results in a lower yearly average and lower rate of weekly State pension...payment; the processes for granting full State pensions to those who have accumulated less than 1,200

• Debate: Joint Committee On Social Protection, Community And Rural Development And The Islands

  Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_protection_community_and_rural_development_and_the_islands/2021-11-10/2/
  10 Nov 2021 - Looking at the figures in the Pensions Commission's report and its annexes, if the pension age is changed...Paying for the State pension will cost 2.5 times as much by 2050 as it does now....If we increase the pension age, thereby shrinking the amount of pension that people get, we will still...have to pay twice as much as we do now to fund the pension....We can slightly lower the cost by raising the pension age, unless we raise it radically.

• Parliamentary Question

  218. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full administrative costs of administering Exchequer pensions from the 18 votes from which pension expenditure is made, disaggregated by vote in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59904/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-12-07/218/#pq_218
  Tue, 7 Dec 2021 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full administrative costs of administering Exchequer pensions...from the 18 votes from which pension expenditure is made, disaggregated by vote in 2018, 2019 and 2020

• Parliamentary Question

  135. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (non-contributory) over the past five years to date; the number of persons receiving the State pension (non-contributary) over the past five years to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62222/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-12-15/135/#pq_135
  Wed, 15 Dec 2021 - Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension...(non-contributory) over the past five years to date; the number of persons receiving the State pension

• Parliamentary Question

  494. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are in receipt of a State pension (non-contributory); the number of these who are in employment; the number who are in self-employment; and the number who have an occupational pension in tabular form. [7628/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-15/494/#pq_494
  Tue, 15 Feb 2022 - Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are in receipt of a State pension...who are in employment; the number who are in self-employment; and the number who have an occupational pension

• Parliamentary Question

  890. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are provisions planned for making contributory State pensions more eligible to persons who have worked for many years but do not have enough contributions and who are not eligible for a non-contributory State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63466/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-01-19/890/#pq_890
  Wed, 19 Jan 2022 - asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are provisions planned for making contributory State pensions...many years but do not have enough contributions and who are not eligible for a non-contributory State pension

• Debate: Joint Committee On Enterprise, Trade And Employment

  Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_enterprise_trade_and_employment/2022-03-03/2/
  3 Mar 2022 - Nicolas Schmit We certainly have an eye on pensions....We all know the challenges for our pension system....The first is the sustainability of our pension system and the second is the adequacy of what the pension...Pension systems differ from one member state to another, but we must observe and do some surveillance...on how pensions evolve and encourage countries to adjust their pension system, bearing in mind the major

• Parliamentary Question

  315. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of State pension (contributory) or State pension (non-contributory) aged 100 years or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35722/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-07-01/315/#pq_315
  Thu, 1 Jul 2021 - Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of State pension (contributory...) or State pension (non-contributory) aged 100 years or more; and if she will make a statement on the

• Debate: Joint Committee On Social Protection, Community And Rural Development And The Islands

  Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed)

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_protection_community_and_rural_development_and_the_islands/2021-11-24/2/
  24 Nov 2021 - which is in construction, there is a mandatory requirement for employers to pay into an occupational pension...Collective bargaining has produced an occupational pension that sits alongside the State pension for..., as did SIPTU, I think, is the roll-out of auto-enrolment in pensions and the introduction of mandatory...pension contributions across the economy....The question of the universal pension is a complex one.

• Parliamentary Question

  193. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the recommendations made by the Pensions Authority regarding the pension scheme for Dublin Bus drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61646/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-12-14/193/#pq_193
  Tue, 14 Dec 2021 - Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the recommendations made by the Pensions...Authority regarding the pension scheme for Dublin Bus drivers; and if he will make a statement on the

• Parliamentary Question

  113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 22 February 2022, the net loss to a person (details supplied) over the course of their lifetime due to the application of section 13(2) of the Army Pensions Act 1923 (as amended) and subsequent decision to reduce their disability pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13379/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-09/113/#pq_113
  Wed, 9 Mar 2022 - details supplied) over the course of their lifetime due to the application of section 13(2) of the Army Pensions...Act 1923 (as amended) and subsequent decision to reduce their disability pension; and if he will make

• Parliamentary Question

  148. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons who first paid a class A contribution after 1991 having previously been a modified rate payer and a homecarer should be assessed for pension solely on their class A record; if so, the reason a person (details supplied) is on a reduced pension; and if a total contribution calculation would alter their position. [46906/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-09-29/148/#pq_148
  Wed, 29 Sep 2021 - contribution after 1991 having previously been a modified rate payer and a homecarer should be assessed for pension...solely on their class A record; if so, the reason a person (details supplied) is on a reduced pension

• Parliamentary Question

  200. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to the RTÉ pension scheme; if he plans to sanction a rise for pensioners whose pensions have been frozen since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8950/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-17/200/#pq_200
  Thu, 17 Feb 2022 - Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to the RTÉ pension...scheme; if he plans to sanction a rise for pensioners whose pensions have been frozen since 2008; and

• Parliamentary Question

  134. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension (contributory) over the past five years to date; the number of persons receiving the State pension (contributory) over the past five years to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62221/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-12-15/134/#pq_134
  Wed, 15 Dec 2021 - Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the State pension...(contributory) over the past five years to date; the number of persons receiving the State pension (

• Parliamentary Question

  348. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a full review of contributions paid or credited to a person (details supplied) can be undertaken to ascertain whether they qualify for a State pension (contributory); if the combination of paid contributions and social welfare payments will be taken into consideration in order to allow them to qualify for the contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7320/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-10/348/#pq_348
  Thu, 10 Feb 2022 - credited to a person (details supplied) can be undertaken to ascertain whether they qualify for a State pension...welfare payments will be taken into consideration in order to allow them to qualify for the contributory pension

• Parliamentary Question

  1064. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify in relation to the contributory pension application that before home caring credits can be added to an application that an applicant needs to have a minimum 520 paid contributions and if this is discriminating against those home caring for periods in the past who now do not qualify for the full contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20592/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-04-26/1064/#pq_1064
  Tue, 26 Apr 2022 - Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify in relation to the contributory pension...against those home caring for periods in the past who now do not qualify for the full contributory pension

• Parliamentary Question

  318. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will conduct a comprehensive review of a pension entitlement for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is currently in receipt of a reduced contributory pension; if she will examine their entitlement to homemaker credits for the years when their children were born; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13602/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-10/318/#pq_318
  Thu, 10 Mar 2022 - Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will conduct a comprehensive review of a pension...for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is currently in receipt of a reduced contributory pension

• Debate: Committee On Budgetary Oversight

  Tax Expenditures: Discussion

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_on_budgetary_oversight/2021-06-24/2/
  24 Jun 2021 - I am involved with some colleagues as part of a pension policy research group....We engage with others in the pensions space....For the most part, the suggestions are not about taking resources away from current pensioners but are...have a much more enhanced State pension....generous universal State pension.

• Parliamentary Question

  462. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6173/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-08/462/#pq_462
  Tue, 8 Feb 2022 - Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the pension entitlement of a person (details

• Parliamentary Question

  574. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be a 4% PRSI charge for occupational pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13875/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-03-22/574/#pq_574
  Tue, 22 Mar 2022 - Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be a 4% PRSI charge for occupational pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  441. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recommendation in the report on the Commission on Pensions that the method for calculating entitlement to the State pension (contributory) should fully transition to a total contributions approach as soon as possible with the consequent abolition of the yearly average approach; the planned schedule for such a transition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3599/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-01-25/441/#pq_441
  Tue, 25 Jan 2022 - the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recommendation in the report on the Commission on Pensions...that the method for calculating entitlement to the State pension (contributory) should fully transition

• Parliamentary Question

  40. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the Report of the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5395/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-03/40/#pq_40
  Thu, 3 Feb 2022 - Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the Report of the Commission on Pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  1170. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating the transitionary pension. [41242/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-07-27/1170/#pq_1170
  Tue, 27 Jul 2021 - asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reinstating the transitionary pension

• Parliamentary Question

  130. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the findings of the Commission on Pensions report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24675/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-05-17/130/#pq_130
  Tue, 17 May 2022 - Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the findings of the Commission on Pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  252. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full savings to the State from changes made to public sector pensions since 2009 to date including the savings from the public service pension reduction on pensioners and the pension related deduction and additional superannuation contribution on serving staff; and the full savings to the State in each year from contributions sought from other occupational schemes since 2009 to date as a result of the financial crisis or as a part of the FEMPI legislation in tabular form. [30328/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-06-03/252/#pq_252
  Thu, 3 Jun 2021 - for Public Expenditure and Reform the full savings to the State from changes made to public sector pensions...since 2009 to date including the savings from the public service pension reduction on pensioners and...the pension related deduction and additional superannuation contribution on serving staff; and the full

• Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts

  Business of Committee

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2021-07-06/2/
  6 Jul 2021 - Chairman My concern is we are facing a pensions time bomb, and with the housing situation we are facing...a pensioner-renter time bomb....Pensioners are not going to be able to afford the rents that are demanded in the private sector....The rents for these cost rental schemes would be too high even for a couple where there are two pensions...Where one pensioner might end up living alone, it would be totally unaffordable for him or her.

• Parliamentary Question

  86. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding pension entitlements (details supplied). [60581/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-12-08/86/#pq_86
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 - Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding pension

• Debate: Select Committee On Finance, Public Expenditure And Reform, And Taoiseach

  Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_finance_public_expenditure_and_reform_and_taoiseach/2021-11-16/3/
  16 Nov 2021 - This means that pensions are exempt from income tax and pension fund gains are exempt from income tax...but income from pension drawdown is taxed....group and the separate work of the Pensions Commission....and an assessment of the cost of State support for pension savings....The Pensions Commission produced a report, the Report of the Commission on Pensions, in October.

• Parliamentary Question

  326. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection when the means test for non-contributory pensions was introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49426/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-10-12/326/#pq_326
  Tue, 12 Oct 2021 - Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection when the means test for non-contributory pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  477. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to major delays experienced by principals and teachers when they request a pension statement from the pensions' unit within her Department; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that these delays mean that principals and teachers cannot plan for their retirement; if she will examine this issue to ensure that pension statements are easily obtained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4535/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-01/477/#pq_477
  Tue, 1 Feb 2022 - attention has been drawn to major delays experienced by principals and teachers when they request a pension...statement from the pensions' unit within her Department; if her attention has been further drawn to...principals and teachers cannot plan for their retirement; if she will examine this issue to ensure that pension

• Parliamentary Question

  65. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide pension provision to carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5016/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-03/65/#pq_65
  Thu, 3 Feb 2022 - Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide pension provision to carers

• Parliamentary Question

  194. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider providing specific State pensions for foster parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22531/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-05-05/194/#pq_194
  Thu, 5 May 2022 - O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider providing specific State pensions

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-06-30/7/
  30 Jun 2021 - In recent years, pensioners in receipt of occupational pensions have experienced the impact of the Financial...in their pension for a decade or more....Currently, people with an issue relating to their pensions can use the offices of the Pensions Authority...or the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, but those options are only available to pensioners...We often hear terms like "pensions timebomb" or "pensions crisis".

• Parliamentary Question

  153. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the method of calculating contributary pensions will change in 2022; if retirees who would achieve a better pension payment under the current averaging system will be allowed to continue having that criteria and method used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47011/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-09-29/153/#pq_153
  Wed, 29 Sep 2021 - Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the method of calculating contributary pensions...will change in 2022; if retirees who would achieve a better pension payment under the current averaging

• Parliamentary Question

  519. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing pension benefits for women working on farms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24806/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-05-17/519/#pq_519
  Tue, 17 May 2022 - Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing pension

• Parliamentary Question

  166. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to changes made to the selection process for members of the ESB pension scheme board of trustees and specifically that this new process now acts to exclude retired staff members who are active members of their own representative associations; if such an attempt to exclude potential trustees is in line with current legislation; if she will request the Pensions Authority to investigate this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32217/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-06-16/166/#pq_166
  Wed, 16 Jun 2021 - Protection if her attention has been drawn to changes made to the selection process for members of the ESB pension...attempt to exclude potential trustees is in line with current legislation; if she will request the Pensions

• Debate: Select Committee On Foreign Affairs And Defence

  Vote 36 - Defence (Revised)

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_foreign_affairs_and_defence/2022-03-09/4/
  9 Mar 2022 - Deputy Simon Coveney There are a whole series of pension issues over which we have virtually no control...The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is at the centre of pensions policy more generally and...there is ongoing discussion with a view to ensuring pensions will be planned for appropriately.

• Parliamentary Question

  215. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who received a waiver under sections 52(4) of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, for the abatement of a public service pension within the past five years; the breakdown by Department and grade of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27737/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-05-25/215/#pq_215
  Tue, 25 May 2021 - Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who received a waiver under sections 52(4) of the Public Service Pensions...(Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, for the abatement of a public service pension within

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Pensions Reform

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-03-22/23/
  22 Mar 2022 - The pensions commission’s report established that the current State pension system is not sustainable...income, occupational and personal pensions and public sector pensions....As the bedrock of the pension system in Ireland, the State pension is very effective at ensuring our...pensioners do not experience poverty....State pension age and today’s young workers.

• Parliamentary Question

  508. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to delivering a pension at 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18811/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-05-17/508/#pq_508
  Tue, 17 May 2022 - Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to delivering a pension

• Parliamentary Question

  273. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance further to correspondence from a person (details supplied), the tax recommendations he is proposing with respect to fixed-rate pensions, which in many cases have fallen in value significantly, versus the cost of living since they were awarded; if he will make a specific alteration to the tax treatment of such pensions in order that they may track and reflect the present consumer price index rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10015/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-22/273/#pq_273
  Tue, 22 Feb 2022 - from a person (details supplied), the tax recommendations he is proposing with respect to fixed-rate pensions...living since they were awarded; if he will make a specific alteration to the tax treatment of such pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  888. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to arrears of a contributory pension. [31368/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-06-15/888/#pq_888
  Tue, 15 Jun 2021 - Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to arrears of a contributory pension

• Parliamentary Question

  105. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the implementation the full transition to the total contributions approach as recommended by the commission on pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24646/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-05-17/105/#pq_105
  Tue, 17 May 2022 - implementation the full transition to the total contributions approach as recommended by the commission on pensions

• Debate: Joint Committee On Social Protection, Community And Rural Development And The Islands

  Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_protection_community_and_rural_development_and_the_islands/2021-11-10/2/
  10 Nov 2021 - The Department of Finance reckons that, at present, the cost of the State pension is 3.8% of GNI*, or...If we do not change the pension age, it will go up to 9.2% by 2050....If, however, we change the pension age as recommended, it will be 8.3% of GNI*....The remaining 84% of the cost of the State pension has to be covered through funding....people drawing down the pension and living longer.

• Debate: Seanad Éireann

  An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2022-02-02/8/
  2 Feb 2022 - Seery Kearney For different reasons to Senator Gavan, I too call for us to have a debate on the recent Pensions...The concerns I am hearing in my office relate to a proposal in the report of the Pensions Commission...to impose PRSI on occupational pensions....representatives on the Pensions Commission, yet decisions or suggestions were being made regarding pensions...People who are occupational pensioners, in particular those in receipt of a State or semi-State pension

• Debate: Select Committee On Foreign Affairs And Defence

  Vote 36 - Defence (Revised)

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_foreign_affairs_and_defence/2022-03-09/4/
  9 Mar 2022 - at the State pension age....In the case of pre-April 2004 enlisted personnel, their basic 21-year Defence Forces pension is payable...An additional increment is payable on top of that basic pension for service of between 22 and 31 years...Under the pension scheme rules, however, this increment ceases payment when the pensioner reaches the..., which are regarded as part of the person's overall pension package.

• Parliamentary Question

  153. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine a series of issues in relation to the post-1995 State pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21805/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-05-04/153/#pq_153
  Wed, 4 May 2022 - Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine a series of issues in relation to the post-1995 State pensions

• Parliamentary Question

  249. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60886/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-12-09/249/#pq_249
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 - asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to a State pension

• Parliamentary Question

  1004. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the provision of a State pension solution for carers as committed to in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19764/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-04-26/1004/#pq_1004
  Tue, 26 Apr 2022 - Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the provision of a State pension

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Pensions Reform

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-02-03/10/
  3 Feb 2022 - Deputy Aindrias Moynihan The proposal of the Commission on Pensions to change the PRSI system and charge...PRSI on supplementary pensions is a real worry for people, especially those for whom the pension is

• Parliamentary Question

  509. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review of the pension for a person (details supplied) can be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9095/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-22/509/#pq_509
  Tue, 22 Feb 2022 - Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a review of the pension for a person

• Debate: Joint Committee On Social Protection, Community And Rural Development And The Islands

  Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_protection_community_and_rural_development_and_the_islands/2021-11-10/2/
  10 Nov 2021 - The OECD is a good source because it publishes quite detailed reports on pension systems across Europe...The structure of the pensions systems vary...., the more you are entitled to an earnings-related State pension....It is part of the pension system in other jurisdictions and the important thing is it provides people...with a supplementary pension on top of what should be an adequate State pension.

• Debate: Committee On Budgetary Oversight

  Tax Expenditures: Discussion

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_on_budgetary_oversight/2021-06-24/2/
  24 Jun 2021 - On average, pensioners have lower rates of poverty than other ages groups but there is an issue with...those who live alone and who are the single pensioners....The instrument on the adequacy of pension levels is, ultimately, a matter for political decision....I believe that the Pensions Commission is looking at the issue of balance between a pensioner who lives...on his or her own and a pensioner who is part of a couple.

• Parliamentary Question

  139. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is provision within the social welfare code governing entitlement to State pension (contributory) whereby credits can be awarded in respect of persons who have been caring for their adult children with disabilities and who consequently were unable to take up paid employment opportunities outside the home and who now find themselves short of the requisite number of contributions for the pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50242/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-10-14/139/#pq_139
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 - Social Protection if there is provision within the social welfare code governing entitlement to State pension...outside the home and who now find themselves short of the requisite number of contributions for the pension

• Parliamentary Question

  353. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 5 May 2021, the action that has been taken to ensure that those receiving pension payments overseas are no longer subject to bank charges in recognition of the reduction these charges cause to pension payments as a result of recent charges which were not in place before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32677/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-06-17/353/#pq_353
  Thu, 17 Jun 2021 - Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 5 May 2021, the action that has been taken to ensure that those receiving pension...overseas are no longer subject to bank charges in recognition of the reduction these charges cause to pension

• Parliamentary Question

  173. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the criteria in circumstances in which a person is in receipt of the State pension (contributory) and claiming for an increase for an adult dependant. [30195/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-06-02/173/#pq_173
  Wed, 2 Jun 2021 - Protection the details of the criteria in circumstances in which a person is in receipt of the State pension

• Parliamentary Question

  465. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient insurance contributions for a State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54167/21]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-11-09/465/#pq_465
  Tue, 9 Nov 2021 - Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient insurance contributions for a State pension

• Parliamentary Question

  583. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice if there has been a change of position regarding the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6435/22]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-02-08/583/#pq_583
  Tue, 8 Feb 2022 - Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice if there has been a change of position regarding the pension

• Debate: Dáil Éireann

  Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members]

  https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-06-30/7/
  30 Jun 2021 - Pensions should be sacrosanct in Irish society....Pensioners and people approaching pension age should have complete confidence in their pensions....Pensions are very important for a number of reasons....Pension stability and confidence in pensions are very important....Just under six in ten Irish workers have some form of pension supplementing the State’s PRSI pension.