Kieran Wallace secures €2.8m Protim pension ruling at WRC

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Kieran Wallace secured a Workplace Relations Commission ruling ordering the State to pay €2.8 million into a pension fund for Protim Abrasives Ltd workers. The proceedings were reported on 1 January 2025.

Protim became insolvent in 2009, and its pension fund also failed. Wallace had sought €6.1 million from the Employer’s Insolvency Fund after the application was rejected, before complaining to the WRC. The State argued that the claim would undermine insolvency legislation.