Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their application for a non-contributory pension; and if she will expedite a response. [27043/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 2nd August 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 26th August 2011 and the appeal will be assigned an Appeals Officer who, in due course, will decide whether the case can be decided on a summary basis or whether to list it for oral hearing.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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 her 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. [27067/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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As the number of officers who might retire in a 12 month period cannot be identified, it is not possible to estimate the amount of revenue that might be raised in a 12 month period by applying tax rates to lump sums. Retirement lump sums can only be calculated when an officer applies to retire, and the amount involved is dependant on the individual officer's grade, salary point and service on the date of retirement.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired public and civil servants from her 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 the number in receipt of pensions in excess of €160,000 per year, in a tabular form. [27083/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is providing the data on numbers of retired civil servants in the ranges of pension, as sought by the Deputy.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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 her 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. [27099/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In the period 1 June 2010 to 31 June 2011 a total of 103 retirement lump sums were awarded by my Department. The total amount paid in respect of these retirement lump sums was €6,244,905.23.

If tax had been applied to each lump sum payment at a rate of 0% on the first €75,000; 20% on the next €125,000; and 42% for the remainder, it would have generated a tax revenue of €274,822.90.