I think you would apply to the Department or state body where your spouse worked.Many thanks for that response, in relation to death in retirement it says
"Your spouse / civil partner may also be granted a survivor’s pension equal to half of the rate of your pension at the date of your death."
This doesnt seem very clear, would you know the criteria for deciding whether this is paid and who makes that decision ?
Many thanks
But only if you were married and/or had children on entering service, right?By the mid 80s, all new staff were opted in, and had no choice.
Does that also apply if you have children?If you are single your pension dies with you despite the amount of contributions you may have made over 40 years. A fact rarely mentioned when quoting the "Rolls Royce" PS pensions line.
As far as I can remember, the “children’s pension” payable on a member’ death, only applies if children are under age 18 (probably an unlikely scenario if you are talking about death after retirement).Children are entitled to 33 and a third of spouses pension. Not sure how that applies if there is no spouse?
There are (or were) 2 spouse's pension schemes, original and revised. Under the revised scheme, all employees recruited after a date in 1984 were enrolled in the scheme, whether single or not. Paying back years is compulsory (with some very limited exceptions), and is backdated to date of first employment in the public service. Moneys due can be taken from the retirement lump sum if not bought during working life.But only if you were married and/or had children on entering service, right?
AFAIK you if you entered service unmarried and childless you had to choose to opt in to the spouses&children's contribution rate once you had children or got married. There is some possibility to buy back years before I think.
I am not sure if it is like that for the Single Scheme.
Is it fair to say that if your deceased spouse would have had full service at retirement, and was earning, say, €80,000 a year, you’d get the amounts below?
- €20,000 in pension
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