Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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544. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow to obtain a marriage gratuity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12581/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy's question Marriage Gratuity relates to Civil Servants who joined the Civil Service before 1974.

An officer appointed from a recruitment competition advertised prior to 1 February 1974 (or an officer serving in a temporary capacity before that date who, without a break in service, subsequently became established) who has at least 5 years' actual reckonable service prior to marriage, and who resigns from the civil service on or shortly before marriage, or within 2 years after the date of marriage, may be paid a marriage gratuity which, if applied for and awarded, is in lieu of any other civil service superannuation benefit.

The named person contacted PeoplePoint on the 16th of May making enquiries regarding the payment of a Marriage Gratuity and investigations are currently underway as to the benefits she may be entitled to under the relevant Superannuation scheme.

Ordinarily the procedure would be for Officers (or former Officers) to approach the parent department of the Organisation he/she worked for to establish whether any benefits are due.

Further information is available from cspensions.gov.ie.