Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development

Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage

2:00 am

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

I thank both Deputies. As I said to Deputy O'Reilly, we have discussed this. I confirm that the Department has ensured any organisation under our watch has been funded, but I will remind ministerial colleagues that organisations under their watch should have the funding because this is a legal obligation. As an employer, there is a legal obligation. I need to say for the record that auto-enrolment is not à la carte and we will be very robust on that.

On Deputy Hayes's point about the investment strategy, there was a word in the middle of that-----

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