Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason part-time tutors, programme co-ordinators and administration staff for the adult education service in the vocational education committees are being deducted pension levy even though they are not part of a superannuation scheme and are not facilitated under the public service superannuation Act. [23166/09]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Vocational Education Committees (VECs) employ staff on a full-time and part-time basis to deliver various adult education courses and programmes. Under Section 2 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 a person is liable to pay the pensions-related deduction if he or she is a public servant on or after the 1 March 2009 and is a member of a public service pension scheme, is entitled to a benefit under the scheme or receives a payment in lieu of membership of such a scheme.

Individuals who are not entitled to a pension benefit from their employment may also be liable in certain circumstances for the levy if they are a member of another public service pension scheme, are entitled to a preserved benefit of another such scheme, are in receipt of a pension under such a scheme, are entitled to a non-pensionable gratuity under that scheme or are financially compensated in lieu of one of those benefits.The levy should also be applied where service is being accumulated for the purposes of a non-pensionable gratuity. As the employer, it is the VECs which are responsible for the terms and conditions and other pay related issues of the staff they employ.