Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 October 2016
374. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 19 October 2016, if the dependent children of an unmarried person who dies after retirement are eligible for a child's pension in the same way that the children of a married person are. [32102/16]
View answerFor members of the Revised Spouses' and Children's Scheme i.e. anyone appointed on or after 1 September 1984 or those appointed before that date who opted to join the scheme, dependent children are entitled to receive a pension in respect of their parent's civil service pension irrespective of the marital status of their parent. Dependent children must be under 16 years of age or under 22 and in full-time education. In cases of permanent physical or mental impairment a pension may be continued for life.
For members of the Original Scheme i.e. male officers appointed on or after 1 January 1969 and before 1 September 1984 and female officers appointed on or after 1 June 1981 neither of whom opted to join the Revised scheme, there are certain restrictions on the payment of a child's pension. No pension is payable where the child was conceived or adopted post retirement, nor is a pension payable in the case of any step children of a post-retirement marriage, non-marital children of members or the children of a marriage where a member is widowed before joining the scheme and does not remarry before retirement/resignation.
