The Alliance is comprised of 21 pensioner organisations representing about 140,000 retired public servants – including former civil servants, local authority and health employees, teachers, nurses, doctors, gardai, defence force personnel and others.

The Alliance came together informally in 2013 against the background of public service pensioners having no voice in relation to the introduction by government of emergency legislation reducing pensions and, following a meeting at the time with the then Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Alliance was established on a formal basis in 2014.

The member organisations of ARPS are as follows:

• Retired Civil and Public Service (RCPSA) www.rcpsa.ie

• FORSA (formerly IMPACT, the Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU), and the Public Service Executive Union (PSEU): http://www.forsa.ie

• Retired Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) www.napd.ie

• Retired Members of the IMO www.imo.ie

• Retired Members of the Nurses Association of Ireland (RNAI) http://myinfo.ie/wwwretirednursesofirelandie/

• Retired Members of Dublin Fire Brigade (DBF)

• Retired City and County Managers (CCRMS)

• Retired Commissioned Officers (ARCO) http://iarco.info/

• Retired Members of Shannon Development (SDPA)

• Impact (other) http://www.impact.ie/members-info/retired-members/

• Retired Members Association, Teachers Union of Ireland (RMA/TUI) www.rmatui.ie

• Retired Secondary Teachers Association (RSTA) www.rsta.ie

• Retired Teachers Association of Ireland (RTAI) www.rtaireland.ie

• Garda Siochana Retired Members Association (GSRMA) www.gardaretired.com

• Retired Chief Executive and Education Officers Association (RCEEOA)

• Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) www.iunva.ie

• The Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU) www.siptu.ie/services/retiredmemberssection

• Unite www.unitetheunion.org

• Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) www.ifut.ie

• Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) www.inmo.ie/retired_nurses_midwives

• National Federation of Pensioners Association (NFPA) www.nfpa.ie

• FÁS Retired Staff Association