David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the spouses' and children's scheme is mandatory for public sector workers; if not, the way in which a public sector employee may opt out of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3464/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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A revised scheme for spouses and children was introduced for the Civil Service in 1982 and membership was made mandatory for all new entrants after 1 September 1984. A scheme which mirrors this was introduced for the wider Public Service on a sector by sector basis in the following years. Anyone recruited to the Public Service since the introduction of the revised scheme automatically became members of this scheme and makes appropriate contributions. There is no facility to opt-out of this scheme.