Pension Tracing Service
The Department of Social Protection and Employment Affairs has reopened its Pensions Tracing Service. This will assist companies to contact scheme members in relation to their pension entitlements. You can read Minister Doherty's full response here.
ESRI Research
The ESRI (Economic & Social Research Institute) has published the results of a recent study that tested if diagrams in Benefits Statements encouraged readers to make larger contributions.
A summary can be found here with the full publication available here.
Ireland Faces IORP II Infringement Proceedings
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Financial Stability and Capital Markets (DG FISMA) has launched an infringement procedure against 17 EU member states, including Ireland, for incorrect implementation of the IORP II Directive. Read an article on this by European Pensions here.