John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a supplementary pension payment by age and gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48638/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Certain civil servants are members of a defined benefit pension scheme which is co-ordinated with the State Pension scheme.

A supplementary pension is an additional amount of occupational pension that may be paid to a Civil Servant whose occupational pension entitlement is co-ordinated with the State Pension. The purpose of this payment is to ensure that retired people receive the full amount of pension due to them on retirement.

Supplementary pension may be payable to a retired Civil Servant who through no fault of their own fails to qualify for any Social Insurance payment or who qualifies for a reduced payment. It represents the difference between the total of the pension/benefit entitlement of a person and the pension that would be payable if the occupational pension was not co-ordinated with the State Pension.

There are 7 retired staff members from my Department (2 males and 5 females) who are in receipt of Supplementary Pensions. There are two 61 year olds, one 62 year old, two 63 year olds, one 64 year old and one 65 year old.