Pension Provisions

289. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence whether she has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitilisation on reinstating the supplementary pension for members of the Permanent Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57957/26]

305. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence whether she is considering updating Army Pensions Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59154/26]

319. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the proposed increase in pension entitlements for retired CIÉ employees under the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55201/26]

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]

888. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average pensionable years of service upon retirement, by gender of employees of the public service; the average annual public service pension currently in payment to employees, by gender; and if her Department has ever undertaken an assessment of gender pension gaps with…

938. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on the interdepartmental working group looking at the procedures for qualifying for the payment of an occupational supplementary pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59410/26]

939. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department is looking at the pension abatement issue; if his Department is considering exceptions for those who are carrying out critical work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59411/26]

1184. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on discussions to resolve the pension dispute for school caretakers and secretaries. [55800/26]

1217. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the incremental credit that a primary teacher post-1995 has received for work abroad can be superannuated on retirement for pension purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56131/26]

1263. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address pay and conditions, including pensions in respect of school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56810/26]

1303. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address the pay and conditions, including pensions school caretakers and secretaries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57649/26]

1382. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the contingency planning that has been undertaken by her Department in the event of further industrial action by school secretaries and caretakers; the assessment made of the impact such action would have on the operation of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58749/26]

58. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of proposals to provide school secretaries and caretakers with pension parity and improved leave entitlements; the progress made in discussions with representative bodies; the outstanding issues preventing agreement; the timeline for implementation; what her Department are putting forward as a solution; and if sh…

242. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will review the impact of the public sector single pension scheme on post-2013 fast accrual pension members, including prison officers; to give consideration to restoring a supplementary pension arrangement to bridge the gap between retirement age and State pension…

243. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a civil servant who is a member of the Civil Service spouses' and children's contributory pension scheme may nominate or otherwise register a cohabiting partner for survivor pension purposes; the process to record a qualified cohabitant in advance of a survivor pension claim …

72. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has undertaken, or plans to undertake, an assessment of the impact of the removal of the supplementary pension under the single public service pension scheme on members of fast-accrual professions, including the Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána, the …

372. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of concerns that retired teachers who pay class A PRSI and are permitted to work up to 50-days without pension abatement are nonetheless having deductions applied to their supplementary pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51398/26]

409. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the 2% pension rise will be signed off for An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51074/26]

410. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has signed off on the request for a 2% pension increase for retirees of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51213/26]

411. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when An Post pensioners will be paid their agreed pension increase of 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51214/26]

507. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Irish citizens that are receiving the State pension (contributory) but are permanently based outside of the State as of 26 June 2026, in tabular form. [50944/26]

516. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of lowering the pension age to 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51272/26]

526. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is an update on a non-contributory pension review on behalf of a constituent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51621/26]

208. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has plans to introduce a mechanism to review CIÉ occupational pensions periodically in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49300/26]