John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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136. To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements in place to pay Army pensions in December; if the pensions will be paid in mid-December; if he has received submissions from pensioners regarding this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Since October 2015, monthly payments from the Defence Forces pensions payroll are being made by the Payroll Shared Services Centre (PSSC) – under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform – rather than by the Department of Defence. 

In relation to the December monthly pensions, arrangements have been made by my Department with the PSSC for Defence Forces pensions to be paid to all concerned on Friday 18^thDecember 2015. I should say that this is in line with my Department’s longstanding practice in this regard. The main military veterans associations (ONE, IUNVA and ARCO) were informed of this in the course of a scheduled meeting with officials from my Department, which took place on Friday 20^thNovember as part of their ongoing contacts.