asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the severance payments and redundancy compensation to which established and non-established grades in the Civil Service are entitled in the event of their becoming redundant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Civil Service Severance Payments.
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Established civil servants are not covered by the Redundancy Payments Acts. The statutory provisions for the payment to them of compensation for loss of office is set out in sections 6 and 7 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963.
Non-established civil servants are pensionable under the provisions of the non-contributory pension scheme for non-established State employees, which is a non-statutory scheme. On redundancy an unestablished civil servant, provided he has a minimum of five years service, is entitled to receive: (a) immediate payment of his lump-sum, calculated at the rate of 3/80ths of annual pay per year of actual service, and (b) a preserved pension, payable at age 65 and calculated at the rate of 1/80th of annual pay less twice the annual rate of contributory old age pension payable to a single person without an adult dependant per year of service. The pension is calculated on the updated equivalent of his pensionable pay on his last day of pensionable service.
In addition, as unestablished civil servants are fully insured under the Social Welfare Acts, they are entitled to lump-sum payments under the Redundancy Payments Acts.