Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A couple of points have been made. The IAA has a major presence in County Clare. Many of its workers and former workers are based in the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton's, constituency. This superannuation dispute has been a long-running saga. As Deputy Carey said, it does not seem to be any closer to being resolved. A memorandum has issued from the Minister of State's Department to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform but it has been a long-running saga. We are looking for both Departments and the IAA representative group to come before this committee to hear both sides of this. That matter is still outstanding and having a memorandum between Departments pending action is probably holding everything up.

I join others in saying that this needs to be expedited. The Dáil will rise in five or six weeks. My crude understanding of how things work is that a Department reports costs to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to be accepted or refused, and if the report is refused, it needs to be revised and sent back again. It is important to establish exactly where this is. If this is something to be approved, we should get it approved and get things back to retired members. We need an expeditious update on this. It has gone on for too long. I welcome the Minister of State coming back to us and thank her.