CE supervisors pension claim scope
Deputy Calleary sought an update on the scoping of the pension claim for community employment supervisors. The Minister said negotiations were ongoing, she was involved personally, and the parties aimed for a result by early September.
I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. There are no hands on his shoulders today.
There is a process under way in the Minister's Department to scope the pension claim of community employment, CE, supervisors and she has taken a personal interest in this. Can she update us on where that process is at? Will it be finished before the recess or before of the budget? What kind of direction does she foresee it going in?
Comment on this
We established negotiations a number of weeks ago. I will attend every meeting, and that is how serious I am about fixing it. We agreed that none of us would talk about it until it was done because we all want the same outcome. The terms of reference have targeted a result by 6 September. The Deputy need not hold me to that, but we all want the same thing, so we are going to continue to work over the summer, meeting probably every second or third week to ensure that we reach the landing spot we would like to reach. Currently, we are all on the same page and we all have the same ambitions.