Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

5 o’clock

This issue was raised on numerous occasions at meetings of the representative associations. As a consequence, officials in my Department and association delegates met with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to discuss it. I take Deputy Daly's point that if a member who was recruited before 1 January 2013 retires from the Permanent Defence Force at a specific age and does not take up other employment, he or she is entitled to the supplementary pension, but persons recruited after 2013 do not have the same entitlement. This change will not affect any members in the short term, but after the associations raised it with me, I spoke to people in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and a meeting was set up with my officials and the association delegates. I understand the matter is under negotiation.

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