Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former public servants recruited before 6 April 1995 who are currently receiving a public sector pension including both pensions funded by the Exchequer and through the Local Government Fund, and those pension schemes for which he has responsibility; the age profile of those public servants; if he will provide in tabular form the numbers of public sector pensioners in the following parameters between €1,000 intervals up to €20,000 and those on more than €20,000. [5895/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy’s question, pensions paid to former civil servants are a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

My Department is responsible for the payment of pensions to retired members of An Garda Síochána, retired solicitors of the Legal Aid Board and retired staff of the National Disability Authority. There are 7,958 individuals, recruited before 6 April 1995 in receipt of pensions with 73 pensioners aged less than 50 years, 2,596 aged between 50 and 59 years, 2,690 aged between 60 and 69 years, 2,083 between 70 and 79 years and 516 aged 80 years and over.

The pensioners in questions are in receipt of payments within the following ranges: