Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the bona fides of the Minister and do not doubt he is involved in discussions with the various actors, but it requires more than this. As the significant shareholder, he is required to bring forward a more comprehensive funding solution. There are many issues with the pension fund. Employees transferred from the Department to work at Shannon Airport in 1969 and 1970 and the commitments given to them at the time were not and still have not been honoured. I will deal with that issue through a Private Members' Bill or by an amendment to legislation pertaining to the promised amalgamation of Shannon Airport and Shannon Development. There have been problems with the pension fund for quite some time and it requires more direct action by the Government through the Minister. I would welcome him considering bringing forward a more comprehensive funding solution to meet the needs of the workers, the people who have retired and those with deferred pension expectations.

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