Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the same issue of CE supervisors and the pensions they are being denied, the one thing I will say to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, is not to state that her Department is not their employer. While it may not be their direct employer, it provides the funding for the agencies that do employ them. I want to make that point because I know she has made that statement before. These people came from all around the country today and met politicians in Buswells Hotel. They then also protested outside the gates of the Dáil. They did not want to be here, only they had to be here because they are fighting for their rights and fighting for their pensions. These people do invaluable work in our communities. Every one of us praises the work of the schemes and the supervisors, but I ask the Government now to recognise them by giving them the pension they rightfully deserve.

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