Written answers

Thursday, 26 January 2017

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Public Sector Pensions

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options available to a public servant who is required to retire at 65 years of age but is on a b1 stamp, is unable to collect a social welfare payment due to a partner's income and who will, therefore, have no income for 12 months; if the public servant can remain in employment until reaching 66 years of age; if not, the provisions his Department has made for such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3550/17]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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An individual who pays Class B PRSI is an established civil servant appointed before 6th April 1995.  As a Class B PRSI contributor he/she pays modified PRSI, he/she does not make the appropriate PRSI contributions towards a contributory state pension (CSP).  Therefore such a person will not be entitled to a Social Welfare pension in respect of his/her Civil Service employment.  Consequently, a Class B PRSI contributor's occupational pension is not integrated with the Social Welfare system i.e. the calculation of the occupational pension does not take account of any Social Welfare pension or payments payable. 

In general, the occupational pension of an established civil servant paying a class B PRSI contribution is payable from minimum pension age or on retirement whichever is the later.  A Class B PRSI contributor will be entitled to an income from the occupational pension immediately on retirement if retiring at any age between 60 and 65, the latter age being the maximum retirement age for that group.

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