Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2023
282. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform what progress has been made on reviewing the criteria of qualification for the occupational supplementary pension in relation to allowing part-time work in addition to a pro-rata pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55384/23]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants.
One of the criteria to qualify for the payment of an occupational supplementary pension is that the retired public servant must not be paid in employment, however any paid employment would result in the payment of the occupational supplementary pension being applied on a pro-rata basis. Where an individual in receipt of an occupational supplementary pension takes up part-time employment, for example, for one day, the supplementary pension would cease for that one day only and will be payable for the other 4 working days in the week, similar to how an entitlement to Jobseeker’s Benefit is treated. Therefore, taking up paid employment for one day in the week/year would not cause an occupational supplementary pension to cease for the whole year. The occupational supplementary pension would not be payable for that one day of paid employment.
