Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason all universities do not have the same criteria for retirement under the Universities Act 1997. [36185/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Universities are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997 and have autonomy in relation to human resource policies, subject to compliance with Government policy in respect of employment numbers and pay policy, and are not under the direct control of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

Universities have their own pension schemes however, they are obliged to comply with employment legislation, including pension related legislation, whereby retirement criteria are determined.