Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 January 2014
183. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 15 January 2014, 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 January 2011 and December 2013; the grade of the persons awarded the added years; and the number of added years awarded in each instance. [3593/14]
View answerNo individual in my Department has been awarded added years under the Professional Added Years Scheme 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 refer). All matters in relation to the policy and/or administration of pensions (including added years on the grounds of ill-health retirement) for Department of Finance staff falls within the remit of the Pensions area of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and final decisions on any award of added years rests with that Department.
