Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8059/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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There are no civil servants currently employed in my Department who are also in receipt of a civil service pension. If a Civil Servant pensioner is re-employed in the Civil Service the Abatement Principle, as per Section 1 of the Pensions (Abatement) Act 1965, applies.