Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) who worked as a CE supervisor and retired in 2021 will receive a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61053/22]

Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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The Deputy will be aware that a final settlement was reached with unions at the end of 2021 to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors who are employed by CE scheme sponsoring organisations. The settlement resolves this long-standing issue through the payment of a once off ex-gratia payment to eligible CE supervisors and assistant supervisors. Some 2,500 people employed by CE schemes going back to 2008 will benefit at an estimated total cost of over €24 million.

Generally, under the terms of this settlement, on reaching retirement age, eligible CE supervisors and assistant supervisors will receive a once off ex-gratia payment in respect of time employed by CE schemes since 2008. People who retired since 2008 and who have reached retirement age are now able to apply for this payment.

The first group applications have been received - from this group of persons who retired since 2008. In total, 630 completed applications have been received to date, with just over 570 of these processed and ready for payment.

The person concerned has submitted an application for the ex-gratia payment, which has been processed and they have been advised of the details of their payment. Work on processing payments has commenced in respect of the claims that are finalised with payments starting to issue this week. The recipients will receive notification by text or e-mail when their payments are issuing. It is my intention that all payments due will issue before the Christmas break.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.