Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
156. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will introduce a pension scheme for An Post workers employed since 1984 when An Post was changed to a semi-State company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12737/23]
View answer181. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will examine matters in relation to the An Post pension scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12942/23]
View answer203. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications as the Minister with governance oversight responsibility for the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, if he is satisfied that An Post is complying fully with Section 46 (4) of the said Act pertaining to the guarantee that the civil servants transferred to An Post on its vesting day are entitled to "not less favourable" conditions in their pensions than those to which they were entitled prior to being transferred; if he is satisfied that these ex-civil servants are being treated correctly in accordance with the Act and in the same way as if their pensions were paid out of monies voted by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13453/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 156, 181 and 203 together.
181 and 153, 203 together.
Under section 46 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, approves any superannuation schemes submitted by An Post. The operation of the schemes is a matter between the management of An Post, staff representatives and the trustees of the schemes. I have asked An Post to correspond directly with the Deputy on this matter.
