Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government lost a Dáil vote on occupational pensions for community employment supervisors by a substantial margin last week. I repeat the call that was made in the motion that was agreed by the House for the Minister to meet the unions as a matter of urgency so that strike action can be averted. Approximately 40 of the 1,200 community employment supervisors in this country are due to retire this year. This matter has been well discussed in the Dáil. The last thing we want is for these supervisors to take strike action because that would mean the 25,000 workers on the scheme would not have anyone to manage them. I appeal to the Minister to meet them as a matter of urgency.

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