Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the employer responsible for persons who are employed as cooks in schools and paid by the board of management; if these employees are subject to the public service pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25758/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The general position is that persons employed and paid by the Board of Management of a school are employees of the school and their conditions of employment are a matter for the school.

The public service pension-related deduction applies to public servants working in public service bodies who contribute to a pension scheme, or who receive a payment in lieu of such a contribution.

Employees who do not contribute to a public service pension scheme are not subject to the public service pension-related deduction.

If the Deputy wishes to provide me with some more specifics on the case to which he refers I can arrange for my Department officials to contact him re same.