619. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on a pension matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7612/26]
Topics / Pension Provisions
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPension Provisions
670 questions from 117 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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656 written, 14 oral
117
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 19 |
| March 2025 | 13 |
| April 2025 | 33 |
| May 2025 | 13 |
| June 2025 | 47 |
| July 2025 | 19 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 17 |
| October 2025 | 9 |
| November 2025 | 43 |
| December 2025 | 46 |
| January 2026 | 51 |
| February 2026 | 105 |
| March 2026 | 42 |
| April 2026 | 41 |
| May 2026 | 42 |
| June 2026 | 48 |
| July 2026 | 24 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 31 |
| October 2026 | 20 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
621. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason for the delay in authorising the agreed pension increases for An Post pensioners; when his Department will authorise these agreed pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7809/26]
627. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if increases for An Post pensioners have been introduced; if there has been a delay in their increase; when they will be approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8334/26]
199. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport when he will sanction the increase in payment for those in receipt of the pre 1951 CIE pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7312/26]
201. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for publication of the statutory measures for CIE pre 1951 pension; when the public consultation will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7314/26]
205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport given the decision not to increase the CIÉ pension in 2009, if the then Minister for Transport was consulted on this decision; if any collective agreement was in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/26]
316. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is correct that self-directed pensions currently hold 12,000 residential rental properties (details supplied); whether he has considered the potential impact that restricting direct property investment within PRSAs will have on the Irish rental market; if he is concerned that the proposed change could result in the sale of the 12,000 residenti…
322. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he can provide the latest breakdown, by county, of the number of employers who have signed up to auto enrolment; the total number of employees that have been enrolled, by county; the overall value of contributions collected to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7161/26]
323. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection when the My Future Fund app will be launched in order that people can track their contributions and savings pot online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7162/26]
21. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport when the increase of up to 5%, promised in July 2025, will be paid to recipients of the CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6786/26]
84. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when An Post pensioners, will receive their delayed since September 2025 payment; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/26]
85. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he will take steps to allow for the pension increase approved by An Post in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6798/26]
105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to publish the operational guidelines for the auto-enrolment scheme. [6655/26]
106. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection given the AE scheme was already in payment for many persons, to confirm the basics of the scheme (details supplied). [6656/26]
107. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a gender impact assessment was undertaken of the auto-enrolment savings scheme; if so, to provide the findings of the study. [6657/26]
108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is in charge of the actual pension funds and investments regarding the auto-enrolment savings scheme. [6658/26]
109. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be an Ethics Committee within the auto-enrolment savings scheme to ensure that there are no investments made by the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority, the investment management providers or any third party investment fund providers that go against the core values of Ireland (details supplied). [6659/26]
110. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider the Bruegel paper conclusion warning against using State pensions and saving funds as surety to further political and economics projects, to confirm that the first duty of the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority and the pensions funds is to protect and grow peoples savings. [6662/26]
111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there has been such a delay in publishing the guidelines of the auto-enrolment scheme given this scheme was rolled out to many persons in the past weeks. [6663/26]
112. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the exact number of people enrolled in the auto-enrolment scheme. [6664/26]
115. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person who has had to leave the paid workforce with fewer than 520 paid contributions to become a carer would be refused the State pension (contributory) despite having up to 19 years and 51 weeks’ worth of care-related credited contributions awarded in return for providing a minimum of 35 hours a week of care work. [6753/26]
116. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s current and historical communication to carers and potential carers that they relinquished their entitlement to the State pension (contributory) by providing care; whether persons were informed that their care-related credited contributions are not considered qualifying contributions for SPC eligibility; and if he is satisfied that info…
284. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the 5% increase in pensions for retired CIÉ workers which was agreed in August of 2025; to provide an update on the Statutory Instrument required to give effect to the increase; when he expects the Statutory Instrument to be finalised; when he expects the increase to be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5511/26]
320. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the CIÉ pension scheme proposals approved by a vote in August 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5928/26]
578. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the An Post pension increase request, submitted in October 2025, within his Department; the timeframe in which he and his Department anticipate the pension approval process to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6318/26]