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Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Department of Defence

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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445. To ask the Minister for Defence the Revised Estimate for army pensions and the details of any Supplementary Estimate for same for each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form. [1186/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Army Pensions Vote makes provision for Defence Forces pension benefits (i.e. retired pay, pensions, allowances and gratuities payable to or in respect of members of the Defence Forces in a variety of categories) under the military superannuation code and military occupational injuries code. There are currently over 12,100 military pensioners, including spouses and children of deceased personnel and some 90 widows of deceased veterans of the War of Independence. The revised estimate for 2016 is €223.69 million.

Details of the supplementary estimates required for the Army Pensions Vote in each of the years in question are set out in tabular form as follows:

Year € m
2011 15.6
2012 30.0
2013 9.4
2014 4.8
2015 6.5

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