Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if pre-retirement courses containing financial advice will be offered to public service provider employees who retire before 65 years of age. [17533/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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OneLearning has responsibility for the provision of the Pre-Retirement Planning Programme for the Civil Service. OneLearning is the Civil Service Learning and Development (L&D) Centre, which is based in my Department.

OneLearning runs Pre-Retirement Planning Programmes on a regular basis, which are open to all civil servants who are preparing for retirement within twelve to eighteen months.

The Programme provides civil servants with a comprehensive overview of the wide-ranging changes associated with retirement and advice on pre-retirement planning. Some of the topics covered on the Programme include:

- Social Engagement

- Civil Service Pensions

- Finance and Money

- Taxation

- Legal

- Health and Lifestyle

Arrangements for pre-retirement planning for public servants in other parts of the public service (e.g. Health Sector or Local Authorities) are a matter for the relevant sector.