Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 283: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of revenue that could be raised in a 12-month period by applying a 0% rate of tax on the first €75,000 lump sum pension payment paid out to public and civil servants in his Department on retirement; then applying the lower rate of tax on the next €125,000 of the same payment; and applying the higher rate of tax on the remainder. [27066/11]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 285: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of revenue that could have been raised between June 2010 and June 2011 if a 0% rate of tax on the first €75,000 lump sum pension payment on retirement of all public and civil servants in his Department during the same period; applying the lower rate of tax on the next €125,000 of the same payment; and applying the higher rate of tax on the remainder. [27098/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 285 together.

My Department administers lump sums which are paid by the Office of the Paymaster General (PMG) to retiring Civil Servants of certain specified Departments, known as 'non-delegated' Departments. I am therefore including data in respect of those Departments in this reply. Data in respect of certain other public service bodies, lump sums for which are paid by the PMGs, along with the data for the Office of Public Works, are also included in this reply.

Based on data provided by the PMG for lump sums paid to those referred to above for the 12 month period from June 2010, the estimated yield from applying rates of taxation of 20% and 41% to these lump sums, as set out in the question, would be €2 million approximately. The breakdown by Department and Office is contained in the table below.

Other Ministers, whose Departments/Offices pay the lump sums, will provide the relevant data for retirees from those Departments.

The corresponding data for lump sums for non-commercial State agencies under the aegis of the Departments included in the table below will be supplied direct to the Deputy by the relevant agencies themselves.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 284: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired public and civil servants from his Department that are currently in receipt of an annual pension of up to and including €30,000 per year; up to and including €50,000 per year; up to and including €70,000 per year; up to and including €90,000 per year; up to and including €100,000 per year; up to and including €120,000 per year, up to and including €140,000 per year; up to and including €160,000 per year; and in excess of €160,000 per year, in tabular form. [27082/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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On the basis of data supplied by the Office of the Paymaster General, the information requested by the Deputy in respect of retired civil servants and spouses of deceased pensioners is set out in the table below. The corresponding information for bodies under the aegis of my Department will be provided direct to the Deputy by the bodies themselves.