Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 May 2014
99. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants enrolled in the single public service pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20400/14]
View answerThe Single Public Service Pension Scheme, which was launched on 1 January 2013, is the default pension scheme for persons commencing employment in the public service from that date onward. The Single Scheme is administered at workplace level in a large number of "relevant authorities", which equate to individual employments or sectors. The most recent information on the total number of members of the Single Scheme across the entire public service in 2013 reflects the outcome of a survey of all Single Scheme relevant authorities undertaken by my Department earlier this year. Based on the outcome of that survey, it is estimated that some 11,000 persons were enrolled as members of the Single Scheme in 2013. This figure includes significant numbers of temporary staff, not all of whom would have remained in post at end 2013.
