asked the Minister for Finance the criteria employed, such as, age profile, length of service, grade in order to assess the additional ongoing pension costs arising from redundancies which will be a consequence of the expenditure reduction measures referred to in page V of the Estimates for the Public Service 1988.
Written Answers. - Public Service Redundancy Package.
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The allocations for additional superannuation costs arising from the reduction in public service numbers next year were determined globally on the basis of expected trends for each of the major public service groupings taking into consideration that the reduction in numbers will be achieved to a significant extent by natural wastage, retirements, career breaks, as well as through acceptances for the Government's voluntary redundancy package. The redundancy package, the details of which I circulated in the House last week, is being offered (i) in those areas of the public sector where staff surplus to requirement has been identified and (ii) to all other personnel aged 50 or over in the Civil Service, health and non-commercial State bodies.