Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I believe my Department wrote to the committee previously about report No. 42 and my officials are happy to update the information by writing to the committee again.

The Supplementary Estimate is required because there is a variable period of time over which one can choose to retire. The result is one can choose to retire up to the age of 70 or 60, or even before that. Therefore, it is difficult to predict how many people are going to apply. As more people retired than we expected and because of the grade mix of those who retired we have a requirement for a higher amount of money. I take the point made by the Chair about the recommendations of report No. 42 and I will supply him an update from my Department.