Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2023
204. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has received correspondence from a union (details supplied) concerning 7,000 An Post pensioners who are still awaiting agreed increases to their pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39977/23]
View answerI am aware of the the strong interest in the Ministerial approval of increases to pensions in payment under the An Post Main Superannuation Scheme and my office has received correspondence on the matter from pensioners and from union representatives.
Under the rules of the An Post Main Superannuation Scheme pension increases are subject to the authorisation of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications given with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform.On 9 March 2023 An Post wrote to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications requesting Ministerial approval for three increases to pensions under the Scheme. The Department for the Environment, Climate and Communications wrote to this Department on 29 August requesting my consent for the increases.The increases concerned are:
I. 5.0% increase effective from 1 January 2022II. 2.0% increase effective from 1 January 2023III. 1.0% increase effective from 1 July 2023
I gave my consent for the increases on 8th September 2023 and this has been communicated to the Department for the Environment, Climate and Communications. This resolves the issues raised by union representatives in relation to these pension increases.The payment of the increases is now a matter for the trustees and administrators of the An Post Superannuation Scheme.
