Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown, by grade, of the number of civil servants participating in additional voluntary contribution, AVC, schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30927/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Participation in AVC schemes is a matter for individual civil servants, some of whom participate in schemes set up by their trade union. 

Through long established practice, deductions for such schemes are facilitated by Payroll Divisions across the Civil Service.  As the Deputy may be aware, a Payroll Shared Service Centre is operated by the National Shared Services Office in my Department.  The number of Civil Servants and Prison Officers paid by the Payroll Shared Service Centre (PSSC) who are participating in an AVC scheme as at 17 October 2016, listed by grade, is detailed in the table attached.  The table contains the grade descriptions as recorded by the PSSC.  Some of these have been edited in cases where the full grade description details might reveal the private information of an identifiable individual.