Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Will the Tánaiste introduce legislation to give effect to the 2008 court recommendation on the pension rights of community employment, CE, supervisors? There is not a village in the country that does not benefit from CE scheme workers. That value of the work they do far outweighs the financial reward they receive. They keep community groups alive in rural areas in particular. I recently met CE supervisors in Kildare town. The work they do is invaluable to towns like Kildare, Newbridge, Monasterevin, Portarlington and Rathangan and the workers need to get what they deserve. More than 1,200 community employment scheme supervisors have been overseeing 900 State-funded services, ranging from childcare to meals on wheels, for almost 30 years. Their job is all the more challenging as we hover on the verge of full employment, as they deal with people who have been left behind by the so-called recovery. Will the Tánaiste please give them some hope and give them what they are entitled to?

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