asked the Minister for the Public Service the exact position with regard to limitations on the rates of the pension payable in the State, as a percentage of salary, during a worker's lifetime.
Written Answers. - State Pensions.
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Under the Superannuation Acts, which apply to established civil servants, the maximum pension payable to a male officer or to a female officer who entered the civil service after 13 April 1954 is limited to 50 per cent pensionable pay. A lump sum, up to a maximum of 150 per cent of pay, is also payable in such cases. For a female officer who entered the civil service before the date mentioned and who did not avail of the provisions of the Superannuation Act, 1954 the pension is subject to a limit of 66? per cent of pay. No lump sum is payable in such cases.
Under the pension scheme for non-established State employees the pension is limited to 50 per cent of the amount by which pensionable pay exceeds twice the annual equivalent of the maximum personal weekly rate of old age (contributory) pension payable on the last day of pensionable service to a single man without dependants. A lump sum up to a maximum of 150 per cent of pay is also payable.
Other public service pensions are in general subject to a limit of 50 per cent of pay plus a lump sum of up to 150 per cent of pay.