Written answers
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013 [21010/13]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Responsibility for the actual administration of public service schemes is spread over a number of Departments and agencies. For example, the HSE deals with health sector pensions, the Department of Defence manages pensions for members of the Defence Forces, and the Department of Education and Science handles those of primary and secondary school teachers.
The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform administers the Civil Service pension scheme, with payment of benefits charged to Vote 12 Superannuation and Retired Allowances.
The Civil Service operates a system of Delegation and Non-Delegation. The delegated Departments and offices calculate the pension due to the retiring employee and pay lump sums to their staff.
In the case of non-delegated Departments/Offices, pensions and lump sums are calculated by my Department. These non-delegated Departments/Offices are:
| Office of the Attorney General |
|---|
| Central Statistics Office |
| Chief State Solicitor's Office |
| Commission for Public Service Appointments |
| Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General |
| Court's Service |
| Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions |
| Department of Children and Youth Affairs |
| Department of Finance |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Department of Health |
| Department of Justice & Equality (for established civil servants) |
| Department of Public Expenditure and Reform |
| Department of the Taoiseach |
| Legal Aid Board |
| National Council for Curriculum and Assessment |
| National Council for Special Education |
| Houses of the Oireachtas |
| Office of the Ombudsman |
| President's Establishment |
| Property Registry Authority |
| Public Appointment's Service |
| Residential Institutions Redress Board |
| State Examination Commission |
| State Laboratory |
| Valuation Office |
Based on information provided by the Office of the Paymaster General, the data provided below provides the number of lump sum payments in the requested bands paid from the Vote for Superannuation and Retired Allowances to Civil Servants who retired from non-delegated Departments/Offices for the period 3rd March 2011 – 28th March 2013. It is also important to note that these are Gross Lump Sum Payments and may be subject to certain deductions.
| Lump Sum | Number of Payments |
|---|---|
| 10,000 - 20,000 | 98 |
| 20,001 - 30,000 | 61 |
| 30,001 - 40,000 | 44 |
| 40,001 - 50,000 | 49 |
| 50,001 - 60,000 | 58 |
| 60,001 - 70,000 | 43 |
| 70,001 - 80,000 | 57 |
| 80,001 - 90,000 | 68 |
| 90,001 - 100,000 | 106 |
| 100,001 - 150,000 | 161 |
| 150,001 - 200,000 | 44 |
| 200,001 - 250,000 | 16 |
| 250,001+ | 9 |
| Total | 814 |
The Office of Public Works is a delegated Office which comes under my aegis and the information requested is set out in the table below.
| € | Established Staff | State Industrial Employees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 March, 2011 to 31st March, 2013 | 1 March, 2011 to 31st March, 2013 | - |
| Under 10,000 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 10,000 - 20,000 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 20,001 - 30,000 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 30,001 - 40,000 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 40,001 - 50,000 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| 50,001 - 60,000 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 60,001 - 70,000 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 70,001 - 80,000 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 80,001 - 90,000 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 90001 - 100,000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 100,001 - 150,000 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 150,001 - 200,000 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 200,001 - 250,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Over 250,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 72 | 88 | 160 |
Information regards the payment of lump sums by (i) Delegated Departments/|Offices within the Civil Service and (ii) the wider public service should be sought from the relevant Departments.
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