Pension Provisions
An official questions-paper heading. 619 questions (14 oral, 605 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 7 |
| Feb 2025 | 19 |
| Mar 2025 | 13 |
| Apr 2025 | 33 |
| May 2025 | 13 |
| Jun 2025 | 47 |
| Jul 2025 | 19 |
| Sep 2025 | 17 |
| Oct 2025 | 9 |
| Nov 2025 | 43 |
| Dec 2025 | 46 |
| Jan 2026 | 51 |
| Feb 2026 | 105 |
| Mar 2026 | 42 |
| Apr 2026 | 41 |
| May 2026 | 42 |
| Jun 2026 | 48 |
| Jul 2026 | 24 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Social | 217 |
| Public Expenditure | 90 |
| Culture | 87 |
| Transport | 84 |
| Education | 33 |
| Health | 24 |
| Finance | 16 |
| Climate | 14 |
| Environment | 13 |
| Children | 11 |
| Defence | 9 |
| Enterprise | 4 |
| Housing | 4 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3 |
| Foreign | 2 |
| Agriculture | 2 |
| Justice | 2 |
| Rural | 2 |
| Taoiseach | 2 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Pension Provisions |
| 2026-04-30 | Pension Provisions |
| 2026-02-19 | Pension Provisions |
| 2026-01-15 | Pension Provisions |
| 2026-01-15 | Pension Provisions |
| 2026-01-13 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-12-11 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-11-13 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-11-13 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-09-25 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-09-25 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-09-25 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-09-18 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-05-20 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-05-01 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-04-09 | Pension Provisions |
| 2025-04-03 | Pension Provisions |
The questions
Michael Cahill
written
2025-11-27 · to Social
391. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if matters will be clarified in respect of auto enrolment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67028/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-11-25 · to Finance
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]
Frankie Feighan
written
2025-11-25 · to Social
597. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection when an applicant (details supplied) will expect to hear from his Department regarding a review of their entitlement to the State pension (contributory) and their desire to switch back to a contributory pension. [65538/25]
Edward Timmins
written
2025-11-20 · to Culture
63. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the An Post pension increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64604/25]
Cathal Crowe
written
2025-11-20 · to Education
410. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene in a pension anomaly situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64667/25]
John Paul O'Shea
written
2025-11-18 · to Social
725. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection for clarity in relation to employees who currently have private pension arrangements or AVC’s in place which are not directly coming out of their wages; if these employees have a choice whether or not to enrol in the auto-Enrolment My Future Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63709/25]
Paul Murphy
written
2025-11-18 · to Health
948. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if any provision has been made to assist local and regional drugs and alcohol task forces with the extra costs of auto-enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62738/25]
Ciarán Ahern
written
2025-11-18 · to Health
957. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if she has concerns in relation to the fact that the auto-enrolment initiative is not being funded for local drugs and alcohol taskforces and the costs must therefore come out of their current budgets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62764/25]
Louise O'Reilly
oral
2025-11-13 · to Social
71. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations, charities and service providers funded by his Department will be able to meet their obligations under the new auto-enrolment scheme. [62181/25]
Eoin Hayes
oral
2025-11-13 · to Social
74. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection when his Department will establish, and make publicly available, the administration fees and charges being imposed as a part of auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62261/25]
Sinéad Gibney
written
2025-11-13 · to Social
86. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason pre-1992 former employees of a company (details supplied) who were made redundant and not offered options with regards to their pension entitlements in the 1990s, are not entitled to compensation for same, in accordance with EU Directive 2008/94/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62259/25]
Paul McAuliffe
written
2025-11-13 · to Social
157. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he intends to make provision for enhanced representation of retired workers in relation to the administration of certain pension schemes, to enable the right of such organisations to be consulted through The Pensions Authority for retired workers payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62215/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-11-13 · to Education
272. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62467/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-11-13 · to Culture
293. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62471/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-11-13 · to Social
356. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown of the 30,000 additional pension and IDC recipients across the numbers resulting from changes to schemes announced as Budget 2026 measures versus the numbers resulting from demographic changes. [62431/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-11-13 · to Social
357. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will be able to meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62455/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-11-13 · to Justice
372. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will be able to meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62456/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-11-13 · to Agriculture
399. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will be able to meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62457/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-11-13 · to Children
417. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62470/25]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-11-13 · to Health
453. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62477/25]
Michael Fitzmaurice
written
2025-11-12 · to Social
649. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who has a private pension scheme through their employment would be able to qualify for the Government contribution part of the auto-enrolment pension scheme from January 2026, when the new pension scheme comes into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60984/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2025-11-05 · to Social
129. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the means by which charities, not-for-profits and community organisations, who have paid employees and who are funded by multiple Government Departments and agencies, will be able to make financial provision for their workers for the pension auto enrolment scheme commencing in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Colm Burke
written
2025-11-04 · to Social
1149. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if the auto-enrolment pension will be classified as an occupational pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57778/25]
Ciarán Ahern
written
2025-11-04 · to Social
1153. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection if income earned in a family home under the rent a room scheme is taken into account for the means test for the increase for qualified adult on the State contributory pension; if so, when this became the case; the reasoning for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57935/25]
Ciarán Ahern
written
2025-11-04 · to Social
1154. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households participating in the rent a room scheme in receipt of a State pension; the number of these households in which there is a recipient of the increase for qualified adult; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57936/25]