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Circulars

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Reference	Descriptor	File Type
Circular 1 of 2024	Consumer Price Index (CPI) Uprating of Referable Amounts for 2022 and Pensions for 2023
Circular 1 of 2023	Consumer Price Index (CPI) Uprating of Referable Amounts for 2021 and Pensions for 2022
Circular 2 of 2022	Consumer Price Index (CPI) Uprating of Referable Amounts for 2020 and Pensions for 2021
Circular 03 of 2021	Guidance on Minimum Pension /Age/Compulsory Retirement Ages in the Public Service
Letter to Scheme Administrators, 23 Feb 2021	Notification of Negative CPI Uprating
Circular 24 of 2020	Deferral of Increase in State Pension Age
Circular 6 of 2020	Purchase and Transfer of Retirement Benefits under the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for members of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF)
Circular 2 of 2020	Consumer Price Index (CPI) Uprating of Referable Amounts
Circular 15 of 2019	Purchase and Transfer of Retirement Benefits under the Single Public Service Pension Scheme
Circular 12 of 2019	Guidance on the Vesting Period in the Single Public Service Pension Scheme (“Single Scheme”)
Circular 3 of 2019	Consumer Price Index (CPI) Uprating of Referable Amounts for 2017 and Pensions for 2018
Circular 3 of 2018	Consumer Price Index (CPI) Uprating of Referable Amounts for 2016 and Pensions for 2017
Circular 18 of 2017	Cost Neutral Early Retirement under the Single Scheme
Circular 11 of 2017	Death in Service Payments and related Survivor’s and Children’s Pension issues under the Single Scheme
Circular 3 of 2017	Sick Leave - Accrual of Referable Amounts under the Single Public Service Pension Scheme
Guidance Note 1 of 2017	Ill Health Retirement - Enhancement of Benefits in cases of Ill Health Retirement under the Single Scheme
Circular 2 of 2017	Consumer Price Index (CPI) Uprating of Referable Amounts for 2015 and Pensions for 2016
Circular 28 of 2016	Employer Contributions required in cases of self-financing bodies or self-financing activities This applies only to certain organisations.
Circular 13 of 2016	Consumer Price Index (CPI) Uprating of Referable Amounts for 2014 and Pensions for 2015, and certain operational matters In addition to CPI, this Circular also contains a number of benefit statement templates. The latest Annual Benefit Statement template is available in the Annual Administration Activities Toolkit.
Circular 9 of 2015	Consumer Price Index (CPI) uprating of Referable Amounts for 2013, and certain operational matters This Circular also contains clarifications on the calculation of benefit amounts and the processing of refunds.
Circular Letter 27 of 2014	Reduction in the Maximum Allowable Pension Fund on Retirement for Tax The latest suggested Statutory Declaration Form template for Single Scheme members to complete is included in the Retirement Options Request Form template that is available in the Retirement Toolkit.
Circular 15 of 2014	Revised rate of compound interest for use in the calculation of refunds to the Exchequer This provides information on the current rate of compound interest to be applied for Single Scheme costings.
Circular 11 of 2014	Sample Benefits Calculation and Template Statements for Members The latest Annual Benefit Statement template is available in the Annual Administration Activities Toolkit.
Letter to Personnel Officers, 7 November 2013	Changes concerning the remittance and reporting of member pension contributions
Letter to Personnel Officers, 28 June 2013	Limited option for Relevant Authorities during 2013 to retain pension contributions of certain staff
Letter to Personnel Officers, 30 January 2013	Instructions for Relevant Authorities concerning the collection and remittance of member contributions
Circular 19 of 2012	Commencement of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme
Letter to Personnel Officers, 31 Oct 2012	Commencement Orders – Chapter 4 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012
Letter to Personnel Officers, 25 Sept 2012	Designation of “Relevant Authorities” for Single Public Service Pension Scheme
Letter to Personnel Officers, 2 Aug 2012	Notification of enactment - Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012

 

Legislation

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Reference	Descriptor	Type
S.I. No. 73 of 2020	Single Public Service Pension Scheme (Purchase and Transfer of Retirement Benefits - Permanent Defence Force) Regulations 2020
S.I. No.189 of 2019	Data Sharing And Governance Act 2019 (Commencement Of Certain Provisions) Order 2019 This commences Part 5 of the Data Sharing and Governance Act
Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019	Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 Part 5 contains provisions in relation to the sharing of information to support the management and administration of public service pension schemes and the establishment of the Single Scheme Databank.
S.I. No. 252 of 2019	Single Public Service Pension Scheme (Purchase and Transfer of Retirement Benefits) Regulations 2019
S.I. No. 143 of 2019	Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (Relevant Authorities) Regulations 2019 This list supplements the list of Relevant Authorities published in S.I. No. 581 of 2012
S.I. No. 16 of 2017	Single Public Service Pension Scheme (Accrual of Referable Amounts While on Sick Leave) Regulations 2017
S.I. No. 15 of 2017	Single Public Service Pension Scheme (Retirement on Medical Grounds) Regulations 2017
S.I. No. 581 of 2012	Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (Relevant Authorities) Regulations 2012 This is a list of Relevant Authorities to which the Single Scheme applies. It should be read in conjuction with S.I. No. 143 of 2019
S.I. No. 574 of 2012	Public Service pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (Commencement of Single Public Service Pension Scheme) Order 2012
S.I. No. 413 of 2012	Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (Commencement of Certain Provisions Relating to Pre-existing Public Service Pension Schemes) Order 2012
S.I. No. 393 of 2012	Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (Commencement of Certain Provisions of Section 52) Order 2012
S.I. No. 323 of 2012	Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (Commencement of Section 68(B)) Order 2012
Public Service Pensions Act 2012	Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012