Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 47: To ask the Taoiseach if public servants who were employed as enumerators for census 2011 can include their remuneration as an enumerator in the calculation of their pensionable income on retirement; and if a public servant retired within one year of being an enumerator, would that remuneration count as reckonable for pensionable purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10879/11]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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In general persons employed as Census Enumerators have access to the Pension Scheme for Non-Established State Employees.

However, serving Public Servants are not entitled to membership of that scheme as it is not possible to get superannuation credit for two public service pension schemes at the same time.

The situation in respect of retired Public Servants is less clear cut. Service as an enumerator may or may not reckon for pension purposes depending on the terms of the superannuation scheme of which the person is a member and his or her employment history. If the Deputy has a particular case in mind I will have it examined for her.

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 48: To ask the Taoiseach the number of currently employed public servants and retired public servants that were employed as census enumerators by the Central Statistics Office to carry out census 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10880/11]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Of the 4,835 enumerators currently employed to work on the census, 1,771 were in some form of employment at the time of taking up employment as an enumerator. Of these 507 indicated they were working in the public sector and 1,264 indicated they were working in the private sector. Precise information on the number of retired public servants employed as enumerators as requested by the Deputy is not available.

All of the recruitment for the census field operation has been carried out by the CSO under license by the Commission for Public Service Appointments and complies with their strict recruitment principles regarding fairness, equality, openness and transparency.