Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2009
523 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to parliamentary Question No. 35 of 26 February 2009, the way his Department proposes to exempt school secretaries and school caretakers in post-primary and primary schools, who do not contribute to a pension scheme from the payment of the recently announced pension related levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9710/09]
View answerAs I stated in my reply to the Deputy on 26 February 2009, secretaries and caretakers in primary and post-primary schools who are not members of a public service pension scheme are not subject to the public service pension-related deduction.
There are some secretaries and caretakers who are members of a public service pension scheme, for example in community and comprehensive schools. In such cases, the schools have been advised by my Department of the arrangements they need to implement to give effect to the pension-related deduction.
