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Version date: 1 January 2019 - onwards
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2. Reduction in public service pension.

(1) The annualised amount of a public service pension payable in accordance with his or her entitlement to a person who -

(a) is a pensioner, or

(b) becomes a pensioner on or at any time before the relevant date or, in the case of a pensioner falling under paragraph (c) of the definition of "pensioner" in section 1, at any time after that date,

where the annualised amount payable is not more than €34,132 shall be reduced -

(i) with effect on and from 1 January 2016 and subject to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii), in accordance with Table A to this subsection,

(ii) with effect on and from 1 January 2017 and subject to subparagraph (iii), in accordance with Table B to this subsection, and

(iii) with effect on and from 1 January 2018, in accordance with Table C to this subsection.

TABLE A

Annualised amount of public service pension

Reduction

Up to €18,700

Exempt

Any amount over €18,700 but not over €24,000

6 per cent

Any amount over €24,000

9 per cent

TABLE B