THANK YOU

We are delighted to offer our sincere thanks to all our members  who campaigned through letter writing, calling into their TD’s clinics and attending our rallies outside the DAIL. This hard work was to fight for for the right of older retired people  to have a say, relating to their Occupational/Private Pension.  This is linked to the proposed Industrial Relations Bill.

This morning (16th Oct) the  Joint Committee Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has determined that the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 should proceed to Committee stage. (Third Stage)

While we have a some way to go to have the proposed Bill enacted, and I am sure we can count on your ongoing support, it is thanks to the hard work of all involved that we are at this point. The representatives from the member organisations, have been tireless in their research and work to ensure we gave as complete a picture as possible, of the impact of having NO VOICE and how this proposed Bill will make life better for retired workers.

We thank the Joint Committee members for their time, energy and diligence in their work to date. Their engagement with us was respectful, their question were  well researched and they listened to the input of the member representatives and in some cases followed up for greater clarity.  Last but not least we thank Deputy Brid Smith who after hearing of the many  many years of campaigning of retired workers, went away and with her colleague developed this Bill and proposed it as a Private Members Bill.