Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 October 2016
306. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will recognise and implement the community supervisors-assistants pension claim, LCR 19293, in view of the fact this is now ongoing for the past 14 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29311/16]
View answerThe issue of pension entitlements for Community Employment Scheme Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors was the subject of a Labour Court recommendation in 2008. The position is that although the employing bodies concerned are mainly funded by public expenditure programmes, the State does not have any role as an employer in this sector and the employees of such bodies are not public servants.
This matter together with other related issues is the subject of discussion at the Community Sector High Level Forum (or Working Group) (previously the Informal Forum) which comprises public service management and union interests and which was reconvened in the last quarter of 2015.
