Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form year on year the occasions on which he has signed off on the awarding of added years to public sector workers between March 2011 and December 2013; the grade of the persons awarded the added years; and the number of added years awarded in each instance. [1363/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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There are very limited circumstances in which added years are made to the pension entitlement of officers of my Department and, in the period in question, these occurred only in instances of ill-health retirements.

Between March 2011 and December 2013, my Department awarded added years to eight officers of this Department who, following advice from the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, retired on grounds of ill-health. The grades in which the officials served ranged from Assistant Principal Officer to Cleaner. In all cases, added years were awarded strictly in accordance with civil service pension scheme arrangements.

The specific information requested by the Deputy in relation to these instances is set out in tabular form below.