Written answers

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Department of Health and Children

Pension Provisions

9:00 pm

Photo of Lucinda CreightonLucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of Departmental staff including political staff and special advisers, who are in receipt of a pension on foot of previous public sector employment; the values of these pensions per employee per annum; the salaries each of these employees is currently paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18351/10]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely recorded in my Department. The sanction, calculation and payment for pensions of officers of my Department is administered by the Department of Finance.

The Deputy may wish to note that there are provisions in most public service pension schemes to ensure that the combined earnings (pension plus pay) of a retired public servant who takes up public service employment in the same public service sector from which they have retired, does not exceed the remuneration which they would have received had they remained in the former employment. This is known as abatement of pension. Additional restrictions apply to public servants retiring under the terms of the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER).

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