Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management
1:10 pm
Mr. Robert Watt:
The sustainability of the system is a function of the demographics over time and the ratio of pensioners to the number of people in employment, which is a wider issue of the labour market and the economy. It is not confined to public sector but to social welfare pensions as well. It also relates to decisions the Government will take on -----