Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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474. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a list of the annual pension payment to former Ministers and Taoisigh following the Haddington Road Agreement reductions sorted by payment high to low, including the recipient’s name. [38671/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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A further cut in higher-value public service pensions was decided on by Government earlier this year, and was subsequently legislated for as part of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, which implemented the direct pay and pension reductions noted as part of the Haddington Road Agreement.

This further pension cut took effect on 1 July 2013 by way of changes to the rates and scope of the existing Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR). It is important to note that public service pensions below €32,500 are not affected by the further reduction, which ranges from approximately 2% at the threshold level of €32,500 to some 5% on the highest value pensions.

These changes on 1 July 2013 are reflected in the ministerial pension figures in the table attached.

It should be noted that a number of former Ministers who are included on this list are voluntarily gifting all/part of their Pension to the Exchequer.