Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid in annual pension and retirement lump sum to each retiring member of staff in his Department over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41213/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms of the Civil Service Pensions Schemes, all retiring Civil Servants are normally entitled to an annual pension and a retirement lump sum based on the final salary and years of service. The pension arrangements including calculations and payment of same are a matter for the Department of Finance. The amounts granted to staff retiring from my Department under these entitlements in each of the past three years are detailed in the following table.