The following service can be reckoned for pension purposes:

• Actual service given after admission to the pension scheme
• Actual service given prior to admission to the pension scheme
• Notional Service purchased
• Service transferred from another Public Sector Pension Scheme
• Added Years – permanent infirmity, etc. (see rules of relevant superannuation scheme)
• Added years under Professional Added Years Scheme (this is not applicable under the Single Public Service Pension Scheme)

Job-Sharing/Work-Sharing/Pro-Rata/Part-Time Service is calculated as pro-rata of full-time.  There is no service counted for periods without pay e.g. unpaid leave, career breaks, strikes, etc.

Please note that service outside the State is not reckonable.  However, you may have retained pension rights in that country or to a refund of any pension contributions paid there.