Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 250: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on introducing changes to the Registered Employment Agreement (Construction Industry Pensions Assurance and Sick Pay) 1946 in order to make contributions voluntary or to replace fixed rate contributions with [i]pro rata[/i] contributions on the basis of a percentage of wage earned; if he proposes an alternative mechanism for dealing with these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15133/08]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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An Employment Agreement is an agreement made either between a trade union and an employer or employers organisation or at a meeting of a registered Joint Industrial Council, which relates to the pay or conditions of employment of any class, type or group of workers. Employment Agreements may be presented to the Labour Court for registration. Where the Labour Court is satisfied that the agreement presented satisfies the statutory requirements, it registers the agreement.

The Construction Industry (Pension Assurance and Sick Pay) Registered Employment Agreement (REA) requires employers in the construction sector to become and remain a party to a contributory pension scheme approved by the Revenue Commissioners and sets out the conditions upon which pension and mortality payments are payable and the associated minimum amounts and benefits. The Construction Industry (Pension Assurance and Sick Pay) REA is an agreement reached between employers and trade unions representative of workers in the sector and I have no function in relation to the negotiation of, or changes to, this agreement or any other Registered Employment Agreement.