Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 688 of 3 November 2009, the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he will make a payment in lieu of interest on the overpayments made over the years; if he will remedy the error and make payment in lieu of denial of interest that this person would have earned on their savings if overpayments of pension contribution were not taken; the way the benefits payable over the years from both schemes could be the same. [7367/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that following consultation with the Department of Finance, my Department will be refunding the officer concerned the difference between the nominal amount of the overpayment (which has already been refunded) and changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the period during which the overpayment occurred. As I explained in my reply to the Deputy's question of 3 November 2009, the officer concerned was employed in an un-established capacity and could not therefore be a member of the Pension Scheme for Established Civil Servants. Having said that, as the benefits payable to officers recruited after 6 April 1995 are integrated with the Old Age Contributory Pension, and are determined, in part, by an officer's final salary, the payments under both Schemes are the same (as the final salary is fixed).