Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 424: To ask the Minister for Defence, notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher executive officer to Secretary General in his Department broken down by grade; the pension entitlements of each and any other emoluments they are entitled to receive upon reaching retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26233/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The current payscales for civil servants from Secretary General to Higher Executive Officer is set out as follows.

All established civil servants are members of either the Non-contributory Pension Scheme for Established State Employees (officers appointed before 6 April 1995) or the Contributory Pension Scheme (officers appointed on or after 6 April 1995), with an associated contributory Spouses' and Children's Scheme.

These superannuation schemes are defined benefit occupational pension schemes and provide for an automatic lump sum and index-linked income after two years service. An officer's pension entitlement is determined by total reckonable service and reckonable remuneration on the last day of service.

It is not possible to provide exact figures to the Deputy for the pension entitlements and other emoluments upon reaching retirement as this would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort and could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources.