John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Pfizer is just one example of a major problem we have with occupational pensions in this State which has been ignored by successive Governments over many years. We need protections for employees. These are basic protections. At the very least, employees should be able to depend on a pension pot when they reach pension age, something they have been paying into for their entire working lives. Protections are included in the general scheme of the social welfare and pensions Bill 2017 but we have not seen a final version of that legislation. Three Opposition Bills, one of which was brought forward by Sinn Féin, were parked while the Minister brought forward the general scheme of the social welfare and pensions Bill in 2017. Those Bills included protections for employees in respect of defined benefit schemes. Can we get clarity on where it is and when it will be brought forward to put these protections in place for these schemes?

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