Vol. 472 No. 1
104 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Finance whether civil servants who have concluded or are concluding agreements under the restructuring option of the Programme for Competitiveness and Work have been informed of certain adjustments to pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22574/96]
Consideration is currently being given to the implications of restructuring deals for existing pensioners and pensions increase policy across the public service. While a number of restructuring deals have been concluded to date, the outcome of talks has still to be finalised in the case of several major public service groups. Pending completion of the latter and consideration of the pensions issues generally I am not in a position at this stage to set out the effect of such deals on pensions in payment in respect of former civil servants. I can, however, say that grades represented by the Association of Higher Civil Servants and the Civil and Public Service Union as well as some grades represented by IMPACT have received an increase of 1 per cent from 1 April 1994 in line with the interim increase which was given to serving officers in those grades.
