Questions

37. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the position of retired members of private sector pension schemes whose pensions were permanently reduced to meet the 2011 to 2015 pension levy, and whose cumulative losses now substantially exceed the levy amounts attributable to them; if he accepts that a levy described as temporary has had a permanent effect on t…

121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of complaints before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman relating to pension disputes that have been awaiting formal adjudication for periods of less than six months, six to twelve months, one to two years and more than two years; the average time taken to conclude an adjudication; and the measures being taken to reduce waiting…

877. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the consideration of exempting occupational pensions from the USC; the way in which occupational pensions differ from State pensions with regard to their tax treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64064/26]

675. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by reducing the pension relief earnings limit from €115,000 to €60,000. [55032/26]

676. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of individual taxpayer units that would be impacted by reducing the pension relief earnings limit by amounts (details supplied), in tabular form. [55033/26]

991. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a full breakdown of the Approved Retirement Funds and Retirement Annuity Contracts that are not provided for, or regulated under the Pensions Act 1990, that pension providers are charging. [26963/26]

351. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total annual Exchequer funding currently provided in respect of the No. 2 Fund of the Eircom Superannuation Scheme; whether pension increases under that fund require approval from the Minister for Finance; whether any Exchequer exposure arises in respect of the main fund; whether the Minister has received representations regarding erosion of purc…

375. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto-enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14408/26]

290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the pension increases payable in respect of former Department of Posts and Telegraphs service under the Eircom superannuation defined benefit pension scheme are classified by his Department as current expenditure or capital expenditure; and the reason such expenditure would be subject to external scrutiny beyond the Department. [11434/26]

321. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether contributions from the State or from employers towards the My Future Fund pension scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of assessing the eligibility of an individual or household for any means-tested services or schemes operated by his Department. [70021/25]

235. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason that since August 2025, a person on a defined benefit pension can no longer exercise a buy-out bond option if they are above the normal retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68687/25]

279. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the UK's Individual Savings Account (ISA) scheme; if a similar scheme could be considered in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66053/25]

208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of the tax changes in relation to auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56417/25]

108. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has failed to make preliminary rulings for 500 cases that have been before the Ombudsman for over five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39432/25]

579. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance his plans to make joining a private pension scheme more advantageous to the ordinary worker and that relief is not only on PAYE but also on PRSI and USC for employee pension contributions and that age related thresholds are revisited so that younger employees can be encouraged to join. [19284/25]

604. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to make any changes to the personal tax system applied to the State pension where a PAYE worker has continued in paid employment after reaching the qualification age for the pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20693/25]

262. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the reason people in receipt of the State pension have to pay income tax on this in situations where they have a separate pension from their previous employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5947/25]

288. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 137 of 25 September 2018, the status of the review of the area of pension transfers abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3061/25]

294. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Finance the changes that have been brought in that use the tax-free allowance of a pensioner on their State pension first, rather than any private pension they may have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3134/25]