Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
Pension Schemes: Discussion
10:30 am
Mr. Brendan Kennedy:
From time to time, we propose amendments to legislation. In the main, they would be technical adjustments where a regulation could be improved with a certain change. As I stated at the outset, we have the role of advising the Minister for Social Protection on pensions matters. For example, currently we are in discussions with the Minister and the Department about changes in general to how defined contribution pension schemes are provided to make the system work better. The issue of who gets pensions and whether schemes should be mandatory or voluntary is a Government matter rather than one for the authority, as a regulator.
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