Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in his view, it is reasonable and fair that a worker for an education and training board who holds two half time positions equivalent to a full-time post, is only entitled to a pension for one half of that post but is paying the pension-related deduction on the full salary that is, for €53 pension the worker is paying €250 PRD. [46800/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The public service Pension-related Deduction (PRD) was introduced in March 2009 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009.  PRD is a progressively structured multi-band reduction imposed on the remuneration of public servants who are members of a public service pension scheme or have entitlement to benefit under such a scheme or who have an analogous arrangement. The deduction is calculated by reference to remuneration. Remuneration is defined at section 1 of the Act as emoluments to which Chapter 4 of Part 42 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 applies or is applied and payable by or on behalf of a public service body to a public servant for his or her services as a public servant. The PRD is not a pension contribution and does not confer pension entitlements. There is no relationship between the level of PRD payable and the level of potential public service pension benefit.   

I have no information on the specific employment circumstances of the individual worker in question.  Public Service  employers are required to implement the Pension-related Deduction strictly in accordance with the terms of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009.