Staff at St Patrick’s Mental Health Services in Dublin held a lunchtime protest last Wednesday (12th April) in response to a unilateral decision by senior management to cease employer contributions to the staff defined benefit pension scheme. 

IMPACT official Catherine Keogh said management and trustees of the scheme had made the decision made to cease their contributions without any consultation with the affected workers.

Catherine said further protests are planned and that staff, represented by IMPACT, SIPTU, the INMO and PNA are considering taking further action on the issue.

In this video clip from the protest IMPACT shop steward Marie Therese Mulholland explains why staff conducted the lunchtime protest.