Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a change to the payment system for public sector pensions is being considered; if so, the measures that are being proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

It is anticipated that the Payroll Shared Service Centre within my Department will begin processing pensions currently processed by the Departments of Agriculture, Defence, Finance, Justice & Equality and the Oireachtas later this year. This will not involve any significant change to underlying payment systems.