Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 April 2025
177. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on a claim (details supplied) made to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18135/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Single Public Service Pension Scheme is a statutory Public Service Career-Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, established on 1 January 2013 under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. It applies to all new entrant public servants.
The claim referenced relates to a group of individuals who are not public servants and therefore have no access to the Single Scheme. While there was a pay claim which was settled through the Workforce Relations Commission (WRC) in 2022, pension provision was not comprehended in that framework. The Department of Education indicated to Forsa that measures on pensions would relate to encouraging uptake of a private pension provision, either through the national auto-enrolment pension scheme under development by the Department of Social Protection which will target workers who currently have no private pension arrangements in place, or through greater use of existing pension arrangements by secretaries and schools.
