Letter To Terrence O’Rourke, Chair, RTÉ Board
Letter To Terrence O’Rourke expressing disappointment over delay in RTÉ supporting a pension increase proposed by the Trustees of the RTÉSA Scheme.
Pensions
Update from the Chair.
Our association is also finding common cause with other pensioners on the national stage. Joe Little who represents RTÉRSA on the Executive of the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament (ISCP) reports: The ISCP’s annual Pre-Budget Survey of members drew 494 responses on issues ranging from pressures on household finances to the quality and availability of health, … Read more
Pensions: Government will not back law giving retirees right to challenge’pension raids’
Article by Sean Murray published in Irish Examiner on Tuesday, 5th May 2016. (link to Irish Examiner at bottom) For link to article on Irish Examiner website please click here.
OLDER PEOPLE ARE RETIRED WORKERS NOT RETIRED VOTERS
We can use our voices to remind politicians of that fact. The RTÉ Retired Staff Association is affiliated to the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament.(ISCP) The ISCP has been working consistently on the issue of income security through both the State Pension and Occupational Pensions. It has supported a Bill that is progressing through the DÁIL … Read more
Letter from Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Below is the letter from Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, advising of Minister Patrick O’ Donovan’s decision to retain the current regulatory regime whereby RTÉ, as the sponsoremployer, pays for the administrative and Trustee costs associated with the RTÉSuperannuation Scheme.
Press Release
The RTÉ Retired Staff Association (RTÉRSA) is very pleased to learn that Minister O’Donovan has rejected RTÉ’s attempt to raid our pension fund. We mounted a very determined campaign to prevent a change to Rule 20 of the scheme which would have transferred the administration costs of the scheme from RTÉ to the actual fund. … Read more
Correspondence from RTÉ to Minister Patrick O’Donovan seeking pension rule change.
Below is the letter from RTÉ to the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, looking for a rule change regarding the expenses associated with administration and operation of the RTÉSA, which since the inception of the scheme 62 years ago, has been covered by RTÉ, in much the same manner as most of … Read more
Irish Senior Citizens Parliament Press Release
Sharing press release from Irish Senior Citizens Parliament regarding RTÉ’s latest attempt to raid it’s pensioners’ Superannuation Scheme.
Pensions are deferred wages
“Pensions are deferred wages,” writes Joe Little, our representative on the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament’s executive. “So government-supporting legislators must be convinced to support a Bill currently before the Dáil which would give pensioners’ representative groups negotiating rights to protect them!” The government continues to leave occupational pensions vulnerable to being slashed. It does this by … Read more