Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the service record of five years while employed by a semi-State company of a person (details supplied) in County Laois has not been added to their present day service record for pension purposes. [10901/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am aware that a number of members of staff of public sector bodies, including vocational education committees and institutes of technology, have formerly worked in the company referred to by the Deputy and wish to have service given with the company aggregated for superannuation purposes with their service with their current employer.

Service given in one public sector body may be transferred to another public sector body where both the transferring body and the receiving body have agreed to participate in the public sector transfer network. The network is managed by the Department of Finance and has been in existence since the late 1970s. Membership of the network incurs obligations and costs and is voluntary. It is a matter for each public sector organisation to decide whether it wishes to join.

I understand that the company referred to by the Deputy is not a member of the network and has notified the Department of Finance that it does not wish to join the network. There is no provision for a transfer of service between network members and a public sector body which is outside the network.