Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 January 2026
274. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Defence to list the roles within public or semi-State organisations under her Department that are excluded from the single public service pension scheme; the number of people employed in those roles, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3614/26]
View answerThere are three bodies under the aegis of my Department; the Army Pensions Board, the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces and the External Oversight Body of the Defence Forces (EOB), which was placed on a statutory basis on 1 December 2024.
All support staff to the bodies listed above are civil servants employed by my Department. As it is mandatory for all civil servants to be a member of a pension scheme, all civil servants in my Department are members of the appropriate pension scheme determined by their date of entry into the service, including the Single Public Service Pension Scheme applicable to those entering the public service on or after1 January 2013.
