Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants paying pension contributions for 2008 and the amount collected; the number of civil servants in receipt of pensions for 2008 and the amount paid out; the number of public servants paying pension contributions for 2008 and the amount collected; the number of public servants in receipt of pensions for 2008 and the amount collected; the number of civil servants included in these categories on co-ordinated pension contributions for 2008; the number of public servants included in these categories on co-ordinated pension contributions for 2008; the amount of pension levy estimated for collection in 2009 for civil servants and for other public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5902/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister for Finance has statutory responsibility for civil service pensions. Statutory responsibility for public service pension schemes outside the civil service rests in the first instance with the relevant Ministers in other Departments, as appropriate. The total amount of pension contributions paid by civil servants in 2008 was €46.42m including contributions to the Main Scheme and the Spouses and Children's Scheme. The number of civil servants in 2008 is estimated at 38,572 in whole time equivalent terms. The gross cost of civil service pensions in 2008 was €333.65m and the associated number of pensioners was 15,924. The number of civil servants making pension contributions in 2008 on a coordinated basis is estimated at around 25,000. The proposed new pension deduction is expected to yield €1.16 billion in 2009 for civil servants and other public servants.