Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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493. To ask the Minister for Defence to outline the allocation for his Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37275/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The 2016 Estimates for Defence (Vote 36) and Army Pensions (Vote 35) reflect the provisions of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, as follows:

- The Defence Estimate ( Vote 36) gross allocation is increased by €1 m under the provision for increases in gross pay;

- The Defence Estimate (Vote 36) Appropriations-in-Aid are reduced by €8 m under the provision for increases applied to the Pension Related Deduction (PRD) threshold;

- The Army Pensions Estimate ( Vote 35) gross allocation is increased by €2.7 m under the provision for easing of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) contributions.

No demographic or inflationary pressures are provided for in the 2016 Estimates.