Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
1831. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on his Departments efforts to resolve pension issues across the university sector (details supplied). [18145/23]
View answerI am firmly of the view that there should be access to public service pensions for research staff in all higher education institutions across the sector.
A business case has been prepared to support access to the single public service pension scheme for those researchers who are not currently able to join the scheme.
This business case has been submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan and Reform and is currently under review. This is an iterative process and, as such, it is not possible to provide a definitive timeline for the completion of this exercise, but officials continue to work to bring a resolution to this matter as soon as it is possible to do so.
