Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which a retired teacher receiving a pension can only be paid on the first point of the lecturer's payscale in view of the fact they are considered a retired public servant regardless of the number of years of teaching experience or qualifications they may have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36232/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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In circumstances where a retired public servant takes up employment in another public service employer, the employee starts on the first point of scale for that post.

In the circumstance you have described there is no obstacle to progression up that salary scale.

As in the case of all retired public servants in receipt of pension benefits who return to employment in the public sector, the pension benefits of the person concerned may be subject to abatement, in accordance with provision of the Article 52 of Single Scheme Act of 2012.

Abatement is the mechanism used to ensure that the combined earnings of a retired public servant (pension plus pay) do not exceed the final salary on which the pension is based, adjusted to current rates.