Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Finally, I raise the issue of pensions. Mr. McKeon referred to over €450 million extra being paid out on pensions. I know the number of people aged over 66 is about 760,000. That will increase to over 1 million by 2030. For the next five years, even if the level of payment stayed static, what increase in expenditure do we expect per annum?

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