RTÉ Retired Staff Association

Retired RTÉ staff warn broadcaster over pensions Pensioners write to new chairwoman saying proposal could cost them €40m. BARRY O’HALLORAN RTÉ’s bid to rid of retirement fund expenses could cost its pensioners €40 million, former staff have warned the national broadcaster. The State company plans to appeal a Government refusal to allow it change the … Read moreIrish Times

RTE RETIRED STAFF ASSOCIATION rtersa2018@gmail.com www.rtersa.ie 9th January 2023 Dear Ms Ní Raghallaigh I am writing to you on behalf of our members who at our 2022 AGM unanimously expressed dismay that the Board of RTÉ would write to the government and ask them to wipe out the surplus on the RTÉ pension scheme to … Read moreRTÉRSA letter to Chair, RTÉ Board.

Your committee has been working away on your behalf. Your response to requests of email addresses has been very good although we still have a fair number of empty spaces in the database. The main issue facing us at present is RTÉs demand that the pensioners should carry the administration costs of the scheme. This … Read moreJanuary 2023

RTE RETIRED STAFF ASSOCIATION rtersa2018@gmail.com www.rtersa.ie August 14th 2022 Dear Minister The members of the RTÉ Retired Staff Association (RTERSA) were pleased to note the decision by your Department and DPER not “to approve the proposal to transfer all the operational expenses incurred by the scheme from RTÉ to the scheme itself bearing in mind … Read moreChairperson to Minister re RTÉ application to transfer management costs to Superannuation.

from the Sunday Business Post 4th Sept. 2022 View here

We thought this recent article in The Irish Times particularly relevant to our members. Our thanks to Joanne Hunt & The Irish Times. What’s the point of home insurance anyway? If you break a window or damage the TV, you probably won’t claim – it might increase your premium. The big reason most of us … Read moreIs your house properly insured?

As we have regularly pointed out, despite all the issues and delays in receiving increases in our pensions, we are extremely lucky in the quality of the management of our crucially important RTÉSA. Our funds have been carefully and astutely nurtured by our Trustees for which we are very grateful. We should add, lest there … Read moreArticle in The Currency about the RTÉ Superannuation Scheme.

See previous correspondence 22nd Feb and 9th March RTE RETIRED STAFF ASSOCIATION rtersa2018@gmail.com www.rtersa.ie 26th June 2022 Dear Moya, I am writing to you on behalf of our members who at a recent AGM unanimously expressed dismay that the Board of RTÉ would write to the government and ask them to wipe out the surplus … Read moreLetter to the Chair RTÉ Board

June 15 Talbot Hotel. Chairman’s Address