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 2 of 2020 | |
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 | |
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 | Single Public Service Pension Scheme - Cost Neutral Early Retirement | |
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, | |
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 | |