Public Sector Pensions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016

Friday, 16 September 2016

Ceisteanna (886)

Clare Daly

Ceist:

886. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out his plans to implement a transitional pension such that civil servants who are currently required to retire at 65 years of age but who are not eligible for the state pension until aged 66 years are not left with only a jobseeker's benefit payment for that period. [24665/16]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

In certain circumstances, civil servants whose pension is integrated with the State pension, may qualify for a supplementary pension to make up the difference between the amount of the occupational pension to which they are entitled and the amount they would have received if their occupational pension was not integrated.