Promises made regarding the pension entitlements of workers who were transferred from the civil service to other bodies were not kept in the past. Posts and Telegraph personnel and Air Traffic Controllers are examples, and now it is proposed with regard to civil servants working in Garda stations.
The Mercosur trade deal can be concluded by the European Commission, by-passing the people in member states and their parliaments, the Taoiseach suggested today (insofar as he answered my question).
I called for the ongoing crisis in the Retained Fire Service in rural communities across Ireland to be addressed.
The low rate of Maternity Benefit in Ireland, which I raised today and previously in the Dáil, looks set to be increased substantially so that it will be linked to a woman’s pay before going on leave.