Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013
110. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who is employed as a special needs assistant may work beyond his or her 65th birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31003/13]
View answerThe end of the school year in which age 65 is reached is the maximum age to which pensionable service may be given by a SNA who is not "a new entrant" under the terms of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004.
The abolition of compulsory retirement age under the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 applies to new entrants only. The retirement provisions which apply to public servants (including SNAs) who are not new entrants are not affected by the Act and there are no proposals to remove the compulsory retirement age in the case of such staff. SNAs who are not new entrants must therefore, (as has been the position for many years), retire at the end of the school-year in which they attain age 65.
