Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 October 2019
64. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the 2008 Labour Court recommendation regarding pensions for community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43142/19]
View answer73. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to ensure full pension rights for community employment supervisors. [43049/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 73 together.
As the Deputy will be aware, the Department is currently engaging with representatives of CE supervisors to discuss issues arising following the 2008 Labour Court Recommendation (LCR 19293). The focus of this process is to try to resolve the issues relating to pension entitlements of CE supervisors in a cost effective manner.
All parties to the engagement process have agreed that the detail of the discussions should remain confidential while the engagement is ongoing and I would ask Deputies to respect these wishes and allow the talks to continue free from speculation which might prove unhelpful. I expect that it will take a number of weeks to reach a conclusion.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
