Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason local authority pensioners are required to sign an annuitant certificate; the number of times they are required to sign such certificates; if he has plans to amend the regulations governing this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24391/04]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Under the provisions of the local government superannuation scheme, a local authority may require a pensioner to make such declaration relating to the payment of a pension as it considers necessary. The purpose of the declaration is to satisfy the local authority that the continued payment of the pension is permissible. The frequency of such declaration is a matter for each local authority. The provisions of the local government superannuation scheme are in line with public service pensions schemes generally and there is no proposal to amend them.