Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The committee asked for a note outlining a future projection. The Department has now contacted the State Claims Agency and asked for that. The advice I have is that it will take a bit of time because it is, in actuarial and mathematical terms, quite complex to work through all the moving parts on rates of return, inflation and so forth. I understand that the committee has requested an estimate for the projected increase in the annual payments under those two schemes. If the committee wants any more, it should just let us know and we will ask for that.