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Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Shanahan. Our next contributor is Deputy Murnane O'Connor. Is the Deputy sharing with Deputy O'Dea or is she on her own? Deputy O'Dea is later.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Willie O'Dea: I am sharing with Deputy Crowe.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Deputy O'Dea is sharing with Deputy Crowe. That is fine. I thank the Minister, and as we know, auto-enrolment is a sort of mandatory pension system where employees are auto-enrolled into a quality-assured retirement savings system with freedom of choice to opt out. I am going to ask the Minister about that in a minute. It is important that we give employees the option. This new system...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor. We will now go to Deputies McGrath and Healy-Rae.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. I am not sure if my other colleagues will be joining us. I am glad to be able to speak today on this as well. While it is of vital importance and very noble that we have a pension for employees who are not in the public sector, this is coming on top of so many other pieces of regulation and bureaucracy, especially for small businesses. I...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Caithfidh mé a rá i ndiaidh dom seo a leagadh amach, ní leor seacht nóiméad leis an méid atá le rá agamsa a rá. Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. Bille ollmhór é seo agus Bille an-tábhachtach atá ann. There are 141 sections and 95 pages in this Bill. I only have seven minutes to outline my thoughts and that is not...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I do not propose to use the full time allotted to me. My colleague, Deputy Naughten, is the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development, and the Islands, and he will speak for 20 minutes later. He has a lot more detail than I have. Automatic enrolment seeks to address the present position of a pension coverage gap and will apply to all employees...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Nuair a bhíomar ag déileáil leis seo inné, bhí an t-urlár ag an Teachta Bríd Smith. Níl sí anseo. Rachaimid ar aghaidh chuig an Teachta Ó Cuív. Tá seacht nóiméad aige.