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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 25 Nov 1976

Vol. 294 No. 6

Written Answers. - Civil Servant's Retirement Pension.

65.

asked the Minister for the Public Service the pension and gratuity payable to a civil servant on a retiring wage of £44 after 40 years' service and no Army service who commenced employment on 1st April 1936 and retired on 31st May 1976 if he had been absent from work due to illness in each year for the full period of paid sick pay, had been given such paid leave and was not otherwise absent, indicating (a) the reckonable service (b) the method of calculating the gratuity and the amount of the gratuity and (c) the method of calculating the pension and the amount of the pension.

Pension and lump sum are, in the normal course, payable on retirement not earlier than age 60 for established officers and age 65 for unestablished officers. If salary was paid for absences on sick leave during service, then the reckonable service referred to in the question would be 40 years. The calculation of superannuation for established and unestablished officers, on the assumptions specified in the question are:—

(1) Established Officer:

Pension num40den80 ×£44×52num1den5=£1,148.40

Lump Sum 40×num3den80×£44×52num1den5=£3,445.20

(2) Unestablished Officer:

Pension num40den80×(£44—£24.30)×52num1den5 = £514.17

Lump Sum 40×num3den80×£44×52num1den5=£3,445.20

The deduction of £24.30, representing twice the single Social Welfare Retirement Pension rate, is made in the pension scheme for unestablished staff as they are eligible for pensions under the Social Welfare Acts. The total pensions payable to an unestablished officer, with 40 years' service, on retirement at age 65 would thus be:—

Single Officer

Married Officer (with dependent wife under 67 years)

£

£

Scheme Pension

514.17

514.17

Retirement Pension (Under Social Welfare Acts)

634.23

1,036.17

Totals

1,148.40

1,550.34

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