Company convicted and fined in prosecution taken by the Pensions Authority

11 May 2015: In Carlow District Court, on Thursday 7 May 2015, Judge Colm Daly convicted Staplestown Plant Hire Limited for failing to remit employee pension contributions to the trustee of the Construction Workers Pension Scheme (CWPS) within the statutory time limit pursuant to section 58A(1) of the Pensions Act, 1990, as amended.  A fine of €2,500 was imposed. The company is a limited liability company with a registered address of Killknock, Ballon, Co. Carlow.

Staplestown Plant Hire Limited had deducted pension contributions from the wages and salaries of its employees for the period November 2009 to October 2011 for remittance to the trustee of CWPS but had failed to remit the contributions to the trustee within the statutory timeframe.

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The Pensions Authority

The Pensions Authority (“the Authority”) is the statutory body established by the Pensions Act 1990 (“the Act”) to regulate occupational pension schemes, trust based RACs and Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) and to advise the Minister for Social Protection on overall pension policy development. See www.pensionsauthority.ie

Under the Act, the Authority has power to carry out investigations into alleged breaches of the Act and to ensure that trustees, employers, pension administrators and their advisers comply with their obligations to current and former employees in relation to their pension contributions and benefits.

The Authority’s powers allow it to conduct on-site visits without notice, seize and copy relevant documents; enter dwellings on foot of a warrant, and to prosecute any person that contravenes the provisions of the Act.