To comply with the Department for Communities (the Department) Equality Scheme and to fulfil its statutory duties under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Department is conducting an Equality Impact Assessment on the proposed Pensions (Automatic Enrolment Extension) Bill. This Bill seeks to provide the powers to extend automatic enrolment for workplace pensions in Northern Ireland. We would welcome any comments which you may have in terms of this EQIA and our preliminary recommendations with regard to measures to mitigate the adverse impacts.