Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 January 2014
144. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form and year-on-year, the occasions on which he has signed off on the awarding of added years to public sector workers between March 2011 and December 2013; the grade of the persons awarded the added years; and the number of added years awarded in each instance. [1360/14]
View answerThere are various arrangements in operation throughout the Civil and Public Service which can provide in certain circumstances for added notional years of reckonable service when calculating superannuation benefits. In my Department, between March 2011 and December 2013 no individual has been awarded added years under the Professional Added Years Schemes or as a result of abolition of office (Section 6 of the Superannuation Act 1909 and Sections 6 and 7 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963).
Any award of added years under Ill-Health/Death in Service (where added years may be granted in cases of retirement on the grounds of ill-health or where a Survivor's pension is being awarded in circumstances where the civil or public servant dies while still in service) between March 2011 and December 2013 was granted on an administrative basis in accordance with the terms of the relevant pension scheme or statutes.
