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Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Public Sector Pension Numbers

Photo of Willie O'DeaWillie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 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 she has responsibility; the age profile of those public servants; if she 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. [5886/13]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I have been advised that there are are 133 retired public servants of agencies under the remit of my Department who were recruited prior to 6 April 1995 and are currently in receipt of of a public service pension. Fifty six (42%) of these are under age 65 years and seventy seven (58%) are over 65 years old. The information requested by the Deputy in respect specific pension bands is set out below:

RANGE FROM
RANGE TO
NO. OF PENSIONERS
€1
€1,000
17
€1,001
€2,000
13
€2,001
€3,000
14
€3,001
€4,000
11
€4,001
€5,000
4
€5,001
€6,000
11
€6,001
€7,000
8
€7,001
€8,000
8
€8,001
€9,000
3
€9,001
€10,000
4
€10,001
€11,000
3
€11,001
€12,000
5
€12,001
€13,000
1
€13,001
€14,000
3
€14,001
€15,000
1
€15,001
€16,000
1
€16,001
€17,000
2
€17,001
€18,000
1
€18,001
€19,000
2
€19,001
€20,000
1
Over €20,000
20

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