Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2020 has been going through the system here for more than two years. The last we heard about it was in a letter that stated that the Minister referred it to the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, who is responsible for pensions. This is a Bill about industrial relations, not pensions. However, having accepted that it has been referred for consideration to the Minister for Social Protection, we have heard nothing back and it has been weeks since it was referred. There has been much discussion about looking after and respecting older people, which is hugely important, but these people - retired workers who have been active trade unionists all their lives - have spent more than ten years campaigning to have representation at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, when their pensions are being interfered with. We have not had a response, and none of them are getting any younger. It is very unfair to those people in the public sector who built this society-----

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