Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that Houses of the Oireachtas secretarial assistants qualify to retire and receive a pension at the age of 50 years under the cost neutral early retirement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8555/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The rules governing cost neutral early retirement are set out in Department of Finance Circular 10 of 2005 (4 April 2005): "Public Service Pension Reform: Introduction of cost neutral early retirement". Under that Circular, a person must be serving in a public service body, as defined in the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004, in order to be eligible to apply for cost neutral early retirement. As Secretarial Assistants do not serve in a public service body as defined in that Act they do not qualify for cost neutral early retirement.