I'm afraid i don't think you can buy this service as if that was the case everyone would do it.
Its only 19 months - my boss will only have 25 years.
If you die in service your spouse and child get something. You are paying into it as everyone has to.
i'm confused.
I keep hearing about buying years, notional service etc.
Can someone tell me:
yes you can buy back the 19mts throught the purchase of notional service. there loads on here about that if you look.a) is there a scheme in place for HSE staff who will not have the maximum service at 65, to buy the years missing in order to have maximum pension benefits on retirement? (even if it's only 19 months in my case, employed in a permanent capacity since Nov.2002)
No not with the HSEb) is there an option to buy years in order to retire at 60 ( in my case 5 more on top of the 19 months mentioned above.)
If its Buying yrs then your superann officer will have the answers for you.c) if someone has contact details for a good pensions advisor in this area please send them to me via private message.