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
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.
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
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
Sharing press release from Irish Senior Citizens Parliament regarding RTÉ’s latest attempt to raid it’s pensioners’ Superannuation Scheme.
“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