Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made provision for increasing the pensions of pensioners who worked for State bodies under his Department’s remit. [39057/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, any changes to statutory pension schemes proposed following agreement by the State Body’s Board and the scheme trustees, or requests for Ministerial consent to discretionary benefits required under scheme rules and/or relevant legislation, requires to be submitted for approval to my Department and subsequently to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform well in advance of any decisions to implement changes. These submissions should where appropriate include advice from NewERA.

The initial decision however as noted above is a matter for the State Body’s Board and the scheme trustees and accordingly, I have asked the agencies under my Department’s remit to respond to you directly.

If you do not hear from them within 10 working days, please advise my private office.