632 Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who are in receipt of a supplementary pension in addition to their retirement pension due to their gross annual rate of retirement pension being less than their gross annual rate of retirement pension would have been if full superannuation had been awarded in respect of all their pensionable service which arises in cases when teachers may have had a break in service, mainly female teachers for family reasons and were appointed after this break to a pensionable post after 6 April 1995 when Class A rate of PRSI was deducted; the number of male and female retired teachers who are in receipt of such a supplementary pension; if she will comment on the position that if a person in receipt of this supplementary pension is employed as a substitute teacher for even one day will lose their supplementary pension for a full year whereas this does not apply to persons who did not have a break in service and that it is mainly retired female teachers who are affected by this situation; if she will examine this to see if the loss in the supplementary pension can be based on the number of substitute teaching days worked; her views in relation to the way this primarily impacts on retired female teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30943/10]

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632 Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who are in receipt of a supplementary pension in addition to their retirement pension due to their gross annual rate of retirement pension being less than their gross annual rate of retirement pension would have been if full superannuation had been awarded in respect of all their pensionable service which arises in cases when teachers may have had a break in service, mainly female teachers for family reasons and were appointed after this break to a pensionable post after 6 April 1995 when Class A rate of PRSI was deducted; the number of male and female retired teachers who are in receipt of such a supplementary pension; if she will comment on the position that if a person in receipt of this supplementary pension is employed as a substitute teacher for even one day will lose their supplementary pension for a full year whereas this does not apply to persons who did not have a break in service and that it is mainly retired female teachers who are affected by this situation; if she will examine this to see if the loss in the supplementary pension can be based on the number of substitute teaching days worked; her views in relation to the way this primarily impacts on retired female teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30943/10]

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