the giving of one month’s notice on either side, or, in the event of misconduct or negligence, without
notice
The probationary period may be extended at the discretion of the Chief Executive of Leitrim County
Council
Employment may be terminated by either party during probation or at the end of the probationary
period on one week’s notice.
5. Annual Leave:
The annual leave entitlement for this post will be 30 days per annum. The Annual Leave Year coincides
with the Calendar Year (i.e. January to December).
8. Superannuation:
All new entrants to pensionable public service employment on or after 1st January 2013 will be members
of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme.
All members of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme will be required to contribute 3.5% of net
pensionable remuneration plus 3% of pensionable remuneration. Pension and retirement lump sums
for member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme will be based on career-average pay; pensions
will be co-ordinated with the State Pension Contribution Scheme.
Persons who are pensionable under the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme
1998, and are liable to pay the Class A rate of PRSI contribution, will be required in respect of
superannuation to contribute to the local authority at the rate of 1.5% of pensionable remuneration
plus 3.5% of net pensionable remuneration (i.e. pensionable remuneration less twice the annual rate
of social insurance old age contributory pension payable at the maximum rate to a person with no adult
dependant or qualified children). You will also be required in respect of the Local Government (Spouses
and Childrens’ Contributory Pension) Scheme to contribute to the local authority at the rate of 1.5% of
pensionable remuneration in accordance with the terms of the Scheme.
Persons who become pensionable officers of a local authority who are liable to pay the Class D rate of
PRSI contribution will be required in respect of his/her superannuation to contribute to the local
authority at the rate of 5% of pensionable remuneration. You may also be required to pay Spouses and
Children/Widows and Orphans contributions at the rate of 1.5% of pensionable remuneration.
9. Retirement Age:
The Single Public Service Pension Scheme (“Single Scheme”) as provided by the Public Service
Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 commenced with effect from 1st January 2013.
The act introduced new retirement provisions for new entrants to the public service appointed on or
after 1st January 2013, as well as to former public servants returning to the public service after a break
of more than 26 weeks. In accordance with Circular Letter 24/2020 Single Pension Scheme Members
normal retirement age will be in line with the age of eligibility for the State Pension (Contributory).
Compulsory Retirement Age will be 70.
There is no mandatory retirement age for “new entrants” to the public service as defined in the Public
Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004.
Anyone who is “not a new entrant” to the public service, as defined in the Public Service
Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004, had been subject to a compulsory retirement age
of 65 years – the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018 provides for an increase
in the compulsory retirement age of most pre-2004 public servants from age 65 to age 70.
