Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal East, Labour)
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57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to confirm that on 26 May 1989, the then Minister for Communications issued an authorisation to An Post to pay pension increases in accordance with the Government pay parity policy, and that this authorisation has not been specifically revoked, rescinded, amended or withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8277/25]

Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal East, Labour)
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58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the authorisation to pay pension increases in accordance with the Government pay parity policy for An Post pensioners has been revoked, rescinded, amended or withdrawn; if so, to provide details of the legal instrument by which this was effected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8278/25]

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the delegated authority given to An Post in May 1989 to approve the payment of pension increases to pensioners of the company was withdrawn; the instructions that replaced it; if these instructions are still in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8290/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 to 59, inclusive, together.

The arrangements for Ministerial approval of the An Post Superannuation Scheme are provided for under section 46 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983. I, as Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (MPENDR) approve any superannuation schemes submitted by An Post.

Authority to implement pension increases was delegated to An Post by my Department on 26 May 1989. I am advised that this delegated authority was withdrawn in January 2008.

In accordance with the act and the relevant Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, An Post must seek Ministerial approval from both myself and MPENDR to increase pensions and deferred pensions for members of the An Post superannuation scheme.

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department was requested by An Post in 2013 to approve the pensions accord introduced by the company; if not, if the new procedure to control pension costs was an operational matter for An Post and the trustees of the superannuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8293/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Under section 46 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, I, as Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, approve any superannuation schemes submitted by An Post.

I am advised that on 17 February 2014, An Post wrote to my Department seeking approval for proposed benefits and rule changes following the Company and Trustees of the Scheme concluding an agreement with a group of unions. Ministerial consent was granted with the concurrence of the then Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

The operation of the schemes, including the ‘pension accord’, is a matter between the management of An Post, staff representatives and the trustees of the schemes.