Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the restoration of pensions for retired public servants is being considered by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18314/15]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I understand the Deputy's question to refer to the impact on the pensions of certain retired public servants of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), which was imposed as one of the pay and pension retrenchments in the public service under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) legislation.

I have invited the Public Services Committee of ICTU to discussions on an approach to commencing the gradual unwinding of the FEMPI legislation. Both I and my officials have also had a number of meetings and ongoing engagement with the Association of Retired Public Servants (ARPS) regarding the impact of the PSPR on public service pensions under that legislation.

I have previously stated my intention, as a matter of priority, to move towards reducing the burden of public service pension reductions, with the initial focus on the people in receipt of low pensions, at the earliest date economic progress permits.