Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the statutory instrument entitled the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health Spouses and Children's Contributory Pension Scheme, 2000; the number of persons to whom the measures within this instrument apply; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46722/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Statutory Instrument to which the Deputy refers, comprises the details of the Spouses and Children's Contributory Pension Scheme, 2002 for the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH), renamed the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in 2005. The measures apply to a contributing member of the Scheme who is a person serving as a pensionable employee of the Authority or a former member to or in respect of whom a pension or death gratuity, or preserved pension or preserved death gratuity, has been, or is, awarded in respect of his/her service. There are currently 4 people in receipt of a pension from the Health and Safety Authority, under the Spouses' and Children's Contributory Pension Scheme. The total cost for 2009 is €20,577. With effect from 23rd December 2009, the number of pensioners in receipt of benefits under the scheme will increase by 2. The cost of these two additional beneficiaries in 2009 is €207.81. I will provide the Deputy with a copy of the Scheme if he so wishes.