With regard to the Government's commitment to utilising the State's industrial relations mechanisms to resolve disputes, has the Minister for Social Protection reviewed the Labour Court recommendation to put in place a pension scheme for community employment supervisors? The State has not followed through on this matter. Will the Minister now take action and implement the recommendation?

I have read the recommendation. My Department is not the employer, and the responsibility for implementing any Labour Court recommendation falls on the employer. While the Department is certainly the employer of many staff, the supervisors are employed by the sponsoring bodies.