Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 283: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [31251/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I assume that the Deputy is referring to the income levy in his question. I have been informed by the Revenue Commissioners that persons entitled to hold a full medical card are specifically excluded from the income levy as introduced on 1st May 2009. The individual should supply sufficient evidence to his pension provider that he holds a full medical card. The pension provider will cease deductions of the income levy and can refund immediately any amount of income levy already deducted this year.

It is not necessary for pension providers to wait until the end of year to make any refund due in medical card cases. This matter relates to the case of an individual An Post pensioner and the answer will depend on the specific circumstances involved. The pension related deduction, also known as the pension levy, which was introduced by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009, only applies to payments made to a public servant for his/her services as a public servant. This means that it would not generally apply to pension income.