repayment of marriage gratuity by teacher

[fidelma]

I am a teacher and got married in 1971 when the marriage bar was in force. I was paid a marriage gratuity, but returned to teaching shortly after my marriage when the marriage bar was relaxed. Some 10 years later I approached my employer (a VEC) and offered to repay my marriage gratuity in order to reinstate my service, and this was accepted. I was not asked to pay any interest. Can I be required, on retirement, to pay interest on the gratuity for the years before repayment?

 

[Guest]

Is this any use?

If the teacher wishes to reinstate the pensionable service given prior to marriage, however, she must repay the marriage gratuity together with 5 per cent compound interest per year from the date of payment to the date of repayment.