Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2012
576. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when her Department and agencies funded by her Department will implement the Labour Court recommendation in relation to Labour Court recommendation number LCR19293 dated the 22 July 2008 regarding the provision of a pension scheme for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48283/12]
View answerThe position is as set out in my reply to Questions Nos. 89, 99 and 102 on 1st December 2011. Supervisors and assistant supervisors are employed by sponsor organisations in contract with FÁS (now the Department of Social Protection) for the operation of community employment (CE) and the delivery of the local services. All sponsor organisations operated independently of FÁS and of the Department in the discharge of their various functions in respect to the management of staff, participants, finance, and governance arrangements. These arrangements did not change with the integration of FÁS services into the Department of Social Protection. The position regarding the making of pension provisions for CE supervisors and assistant supervisors remains unchanged and I do not accept that any liability falls to the Exchequer in respect of this matter.
