Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in meeting the concerns of the Retired Aviation Staff Association regarding pension shortfalls. [35897/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Irish airlines — general employees — superannuation scheme is a multi-employer scheme which, in addition to Aer Lingus and the Dublin Airport Authority, formerly Aer Rianta, also includes a private sector company, SR Technics, formerly FLS Aerospace-Team Aer Lingus. I have met representatives of RASA on a number of occasions and I appreciate that they have genuine concerns about their pensions.

Pension entitlements for employees of commercial State bodies, including Aer Lingus and the Dublin Airport Authority, are matters for the trustees, members of the relevant scheme and the company or companies involved. The State is not involved in the funding of these schemes. It is my understanding that the company recently met with representatives of RASA concerning this matter.