Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to allow civil servants who are presently required to retire at 65 years of age but who are not eligible for the State pension, the option of remaining in employment until they reach the age at which they are eligible for the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30498/15]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a difference in the amount of pension due to a pre-1995 and a post-1995 Civil Service retiree, if the years' service and credits were equal, and the basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30499/15]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the Civil Service retirement age from 65 years of age to synchronise with the State pension age, for those who choose to work on rather than draw jobseeker's benefit until they are eligible for their pension. [30785/15]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 403, 404 and 408 together.

I have no proposals to make any amendments to the civil service retirement age.  The amount of pension to which a civil servant may be entitled and both the compulsory retirement age and minimum pension age provisions to which a civil servant may be subject, depend on the pension conditions applicable at the date of original recruitment.  Furthermore, the calculation of pension entitlements is related to a civil servant's level of remuneration and service at time of retirement.  The pensions (and contributions) of the majority of civil servants who are fully insured and are in defined benefit pension schemes are, like many occupational pension schemes, integrated (or co-ordinated) with social welfare benefits. This means the occupational pension is paid on the assumption that the pensioner also receives the State Pension.  In instances when the State Pension is not payable, a supplementary pension may be payable under the relevant public service pension scheme to bring the pension up to the same amount as would be paid to a public servant whose pension is not integrated.