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Dáil
‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Community employment supervisors pensions

Summary

Deputy Kelly pressed for progress on pensions for community employment supervisors and assistants, saying earlier work had not been completed. The Taoiseach said the Ministers concerned were actively progressing the long-standing issue and it remained a priority.

I want to ask the Taoiseach about community employment scheme supervisors, who do such fantastic work, and their pensions. In 2015 I and the then Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, left a piece of work that had to be concluded in order to provide payments and pensions to supervisors and assistants. That work was not progressed by the last Government. I note there was some support for our proposals from Fianna Fáil, which was in opposition at the time. In recent weeks, I heard that the Ministers, Deputies Michael McGrath and Heather Humphreys, have been progressing this. I note that the supervisors are very disappointed with what they have been offered. Can the Taoiseach outline to the House the current status of this? Will the issue be resolved? What will the supervisors be offered? What does the future hold for supervisors in terms of having a pension?

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This is an issue about which we are very concerned. The Ministers, Deputies McGrath and Humphreys, have made progress on it. It has been an outstanding issue for a long time. It is an identified priority of ours to resolve this as best we can.

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