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 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
“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