344. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has engaged with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) or any other group representing retired An Post employees in the past five years; and if he will provide the dates and purpose of such engagements. [67073/25]
Topics / Pension Provisions
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPension Provisions
670 questions from 117 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
670
questions
656 written, 14 oral
117
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
19
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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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 |
Who asks, by party
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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. [60222/25]
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]
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]