Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2015
413. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Galway can be considered for pension entitlements based on post 1 July 2013 salary rates; his plans to extend or eliminate the retirement grace period date for pensions of 30 June 2016 in order to achieve pension parity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31055/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn line with paragraph 5.4 of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, which has recently been ratified by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), the Government intends to extend the retirement grace period to the duration of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, that is out to September 2018. Under this provision the pension and retirement lump sum payable to retiring public servants during the grace period will not be reduced as a consequence of the Haddington Road Agreement, which introduced the pay cuts effective from 1 July 2013.
Details concerning the pension entitlements of individual public servants are a matter for the relevant employer, pension administrator or Government Department in the first instance.
