Pension reductions and universal social charges (USC) were introduced for Public Service pensioners on the 1st January 2011. Listed below are the various rates of deduction that have applied and currently apply since their introduction. Pension Reductions The following rates of reduction applied to pensioners, who retired prior to 1 March 2012, up to 30 […]
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The Government has decided to establish a Payroll Shared Service Centre (PSSC) for the Civil and Public Service as part of its Public Sector Reform Plan. The PSSC aims to consolidate and integrate payrolls from the 18 payroll centres currently delivering payroll to 53 Departments and Offices. The PSSC will be based in three locations […]
IRISH SENIOR CITIZENS PARLIAMENT PROTEST RALLY Against Attacks on Senior Citizens in Budget 2014 TUESDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2013 Assembling 1.00pm to 1.15pm DÁIL ÉIREANN MOLESWORTH STREET, DUBLIN 2
ARCOIreland members will be aware, from a previous posting on this website, that the payment arrangements for their monthly military pension will change from the current 20th of the month to the end of the month. The Department of Defence will write to members during the month of September outlining the proposed changeover procedures. They […]
ARCOIreland members will be aware from a previous posting on this website that Payable Orders (i.e. the payment of pensions by cheque) will be abolished from 30 August 2013 under the Public Service Reform Plan. After that date public service pensions will be paid by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) only and no other facility will […]
For the information of ARCOIreland members the following is the link to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s FAQs on the Haddington Road Agreement: http://per.gov.ie/faqs-on-haddington-road-agreement-2/ Questions 36 to 44 contain material on pension-related changes due on 1 July 2013, as set out in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 enacted […]
The Alliance of Retired Public Servants is a grouping that has met over the past number of months with a view to representing the views of pensioners. ARCOIreland has attended a number of these meetings and has decided to join the group. The Alliance is now about to establish itself formally. The Alliance has made […]
ARCOIreland members will have been following the negotiations leading to the publication of the Labour Relations Commission's recommendations for a revised Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 to 2016 (The Haddington Road Agreement). In particular they will be anxious to know how the agreement will impact on their pensions. ARCOIreland has been maintaining ongoing contact with […]
ARCOIreland met recently with officials of the Dept of Defence. The following issues were discussed. Ceremonies – Óglaigh na hÉireann. On 24 November a ceremony, attended by the President and an Taoiseach, will be held at the Garden of Remembrance to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Irish Volunteers. In […]
Members of ARCOIreland will be aware that following intensive and protracted negotiations between the ICTU and the Government, conducted under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC), proposals were placed before the parties on Monday last, 25 February. These may be viewed by means of the following link; http://www.lrc.ie/documents/2013/LRC%20Proposals%20_FINAL.pdf Paragraph 2.31 of the LRC document specifically relates to […]