Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2016
367. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the claim for an appropriate pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors remains unresolved after 14 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30576/16]
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.
