Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the work done by the Alliance of Retired Public Servants. Public service pensioners endured substantial cuts to their incomes. As I noted, they have no other means to make up for the cuts, yet they have no negotiating rights. In the future we will need to examine how the alliance may become involved in some way. Rather than being merely an add-on in public service pay talks, we should ensure the alliance will have a role to play in representing public service pensioners, including on the matter of pensions policy. The management of pensions policy generally, not only public service pensions, is one of the biggest problems facing the State. It is important that the voice of public service pensioners be heard and some standing in future negotiations.

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