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The annual ASTI Easter strike threat

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    #1262
    hesaidshesaid
    Registered Users Posts: 289 ✭✭hesaidshesaid


    blanch152 wrote: »
    Not true.

    https://www.education.ie/en/Education-Staff/Services/Retirement-Pensions/FAQ-for-Teachers-in-Primary-Schools.pdf

    "Where a teacher is not a New Entrant and has a minimum of 2 years’
    pensionable service on retirement, benefits are payable to him or her –
     at the end of the school year in which age 65 years is reached,
    (on compulsory retirement), or
     at 60 years of age, or
     at 55 years of age provided that the teacher has at least 35 years actual
    pensionable service. A period shorter than the 35 year requirement
    may be permitted having regard to the duration of the teacher’s training
    course completed before entering the profession. "

    Under that third bullet point, when retiring at 55, pension is paid immediately, is not actuarily reduced and is based on actual service. This facility is not available to public servants generally, though some smaller groups (gardai, prison officers) have other such terms.

    There are currently three different pension schemes at play within the education sector. The point you raise above does not apply to any teacher who started teaching since 2004. A significant proportion of the teaching workforce began their careers within the last 17 years and are not entitled to this.


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    #1263
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,233 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    hesaidshesaid wrote: »
    There are currently three different pension schemes at play within the education sector. The point you raise above does not apply to any teacher who started teaching since 2004. A significant proportion of the teaching workforce began their careers within the last 17 years and are not entitled to this.

    And pre-2004, they’d have to have started teaching with a permanent contract at age 20. With a degree. And a HDip if teaching in a secondary school.


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