Given that public sector workers are suddenly paying more than twice as much in contributions to their basic pensions and that there has been no increase in notional service contribution rates, I reckon NSP is now the best value it has ever been. Anybody who will have less than full service at normal retirement age should seriously consider entering into an NSP contract as soon as possible. When they spot this anomaly they'll be bound to close it off. Unless, of course, the Dept. of Finance doesn't view this as an increased pension contribution but rather as a mechanism of cutting wages without describing it as such.